# @deptofdefense on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOJPVorDnrz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34025017-deptofdefense-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/79f321899e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-03T15:01:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** deptofdefense (@deptofdefense) — https://gondola.cc/deptofdefense

## Caption

#OTD in 1783, the U.S. officially took its place as a free nation. The signing of the Treaty of Paris marked not only the end of the Revolutionary War but the beginning of America’s story as a nation built on independence and determination to shape its own future. 

#ThisDayInHistory 

🎨: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Zack Wheeler

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thisdayinhistory, otd

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