Mike Dunham discusses the 150th Anniversary of the Transfer of Alaska to the United States
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Alaskan journalist Mike Dunham discusses the United States’ acquisition of Russian America in 1867. Mike Dunham is author of two short biographies, The Man Who Sold: Tsar Alexander II of Russia and The Man Who Bought Alaska: William H. Seward. This event is held in celebration of Alaska Day, which marks the anniversary of the formal transfer of the territory from Russia to the United States and the raising of the United States flag at Sitka on October 18, 1867.
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