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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 23 January

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1964, the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified by Congress.

January 23, 2015 13

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 January

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. One notable birthday on this day in history in 1716, that of Philip Livingston.

January 15, 2015 26

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George Washington Resigns His CIC Commission-An Example Obama Won’t Copy

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Just imagine this. At the start of all this on the 12th of June 1775 when John Adams nominates Washington to be commander in chief, the story that’s been recounted many times but probably not still that well known. When George Washington was sent by the State of Virginia or the Colony of Virginia to attend the Continental Congress, his dress attire for every day that […]

November 12, 2014 25

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 14 September

On this day in 1814, after witnessing the British attack on Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, “Defence of Fort McHenry,” which later was paired with the tune of a popular British song and named “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Find out what else happened on This Day in Founder's History at mikechurch.com

September 14, 2014 21

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 13 September

On this day (or the 18th, depending on the source) in 1789, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton began negotiations to secure the first loan to the U.S. government, referred to as the “Temporary Loan of 1789,” in order to pay the salaries of the President and members of Congress. Find out what else happened on This Day in Founders History at mikechurch.com

September 13, 2014 28

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 10 September

In 1813 on this day, near Put-in-Bay, Ohio on Lake Erie, the American flotilla under Oliver Hazard Perry’s command defeated the fleet of Royal Navy ships commanded by Robert Heriot Barclay. Find out what else happened on This Day in Founders History at mikechurch.com

September 10, 2014 25

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 22 August

This Day In Founders History – 22 August - On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress ordered the movement of militia in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia to specific locations to await orders from General Washington when a letter from W. Bordley to William Paca, delegate from Maryland, was read, which stated: “Advice being received that the enemy’s fleet are in Chesapeake Bay between Rock Hall and the mouth […]

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 21 August

This Day In Founders History – 21 August - On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress was informed that a large collection of tar was made at Wilmington, North Carolina and that the enemy’s fleet was upon the southern coast. “Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the executive power of North Carolina, to cause all the military and naval stores in the said State, to be removed to […]

August 21, 2014 10

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 20 August

This Day In Founders History – 20 August - On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress “resolved itself into a committee of the whole to take into their farther consideration the Articles of Confederation.” Congress also appointed Dr. John Morgan “director general and physician in chief of the American hospital.” For more, check out today's This Day In Founders History....

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