The 1854 Bombardment of Greytown

In 1854, the United States Navy Sloop of War Cyane bombarded what President Franklin Pierce called "a piratical resort of outlaws." The attack on Greytown, Nicaragua, defined the nature of Presidential authority to use the military to this day.

Jul 19, 2019 | 14:41 | Lance Geiger

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