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This Day In Founders History – 8 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – 8 August On this day in 1786, Congress adopted the decimal system of coinage. Congress also adopted the dollar as the standard of money in the United States, stating: “The Money Unit will contain three hundred and seventy five grains and sixty four […]

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This Day in Founders History – 7 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – 7 August On this day in 1782, General George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit. Today, we know this award as The Purple Heart. This award was only open to enlisted men and there are only three known recipients […]

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This Day in Founders History – 6 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – 6 August On this day in 1776, [excerpt from Journals of the Continental Congress]: “The Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their farther consideration the articles of Confederation.” In 1787 on this day, the Federal Convention received […]

August 6, 2012 3

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This Day in Founders History – 4-5 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Weekend In Founders History – 4 & 5 August On this day in 1790, the Revenue-Marine was established by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, later renamed the Revenue Cutter Service. In 1915, the service merged with United States Life-Saving Service to become the United States Coast Guard. August […]

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This Day in Founders History – 3 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – 3 August On this day in 1807, the trial of Aaron Burr began. Burr was charged with treason and arraigned in Richmond, Virginia. Nearly a month later, Burr was acquitted and charged with a misdemeanor charge, but again was acquitted. In 1784 on […]

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This Day In Founders History – 2 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – 2 August On this day in 1776, members of the Continental Congress began signing the Declaration of Independence, with a total of 56 men signing. August 2, 1790, the first U.S. census began, revealing a population of nearly 4 million people in the […]

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This Day In Founders History – 1 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – August 1 In 1791 on this day, a plantation owner in Virginia, Robert Carter III, filed with Westmoreland County, Virginia to begin the process of manumitting or freeing his 500 slaves. This is the largest known pre-Civil War release of slaves in North […]

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This Day In Founders History – 31 July

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – July 31 On this day in 1790, the U.S. Patent Office issued the first patent to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes, used in fertilizer. In 1792 on this day, the cornerstone was laid for the U.S. Mint […]

July 31, 2012 3

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This Day In Founders History – 30 July

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – July 30 One day prior to today, on July 29, 1767, the Townshend Revenue Act was imposed on the colonies by British parliament, taxing imported goods including paper, paint, lead, glass and tea. Colonial merchants proceeded to boycott British goods. On this day […]

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