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Finding the President’s Annual “Turkey Pardon” Remarks
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the “turkey pardon,” an event in which the President ceremoniously spares a turkey from consumption. Although the tradition has been attributed to Presidents ranging from Lincoln to Reagan, the first President to implement the…
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Veterans Day
Did you know that Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day? An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to…
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Happy Constitution Day!
In honor of it being Constitution Day, here are some facts about the 1787 Philadelphia convention, the ratification of the Constitution, and the supreme law of our land itself (and its amendments), courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Labor Day: Did You Know?
In honor of Labor Day, did you know … History of the Labor Day (via the U.S. Dept. of Labor) An Early Film from a 1904 Labor Day parade in Massachusetts, made by Thomas Edison, is available via the Library of…
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