​Add these to the This Week in History section of your composition book:

• Feb. 28, 1827 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad becomes the first steam-operated railway in the United States to be chartered as a common carrier of freight and passengers

• Mar. 1, 1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established by the U.S. Congress as the country’s first national park

• Mar. 1, 1932 – The infant son of American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh is abducted from his home and later found dead

• Mar. 1, 1961 – The Peace Corps is established by U.S. President John F. Kennedy

• Mar. 2, 1917 – The Jones-Shafroth Act took effect, designating Puerto Rico as a U.S. Territory and conferring U.S. citizenship on Puerto Ricans