June 13 was indeed a busy day in history. On this date in 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette arrived in the American colonies to help the colonists in their fight for independence from England. In a precursor to the later Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate troops who were on their way to Pennsylvania clashed with Union forces in the Second Battle of Winchester. They came away victorious. In 1943, eight German spies launched Operation Pastorius, an effort to commit sabotage within