Let's not forget #Alaska

The U.S. purchased the territory of Alaska from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million. Although the purchase soon proved to be an exceptional value, the deal was criticized at the time as "Seward's folly," referring to then-Secretary of State William Seward, who had engineered the purchase. Alaska officially became a U.S. state on January 3, 1959.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-ours-billboards-appear-russia-after-threat-reclaim-state-1722761

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'Alaska Is Ours!' Billboards Appear in Russia After Threat to Reclaim State

One day after a Russian official suggested they could "take back" the state, multiple billboards spotted in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, proclaimed, "Alaska Is Ours!"

Newsweek