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Shirley Temple in Stand Up and Cheer In 1764, the English Parliament banned the American colonies from printing paper money. In 1775, the shot heard round the world was first fired on Lexington Green in Lexington, MA. No one knows for sure who fired first, but it sparked the American Revolution, which changed human history forever and brought the idea of self-government to the world. In 1776, it was the first anniversary of Lexington and Concord. Washington nods to the occas

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Shirley Temple in Stand Up and Cheer In 1764, the English Parliament banned the American colonies from printing paper money. In 1775, the shot heard round the world was first fired on Lexington Green in Lexington, MA. No one knows for sure who fired first, but it sparked the American Revolution, which changed human history forever and brought the idea of self-government to the world. In 1776, it was the first anniversary of Lexington and Concord. Washington nods to the occas

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“I am sorry for this occasion of writing so boldly, and of being obliged to come to such Resolutions, but the Safety of myself & the Country I have the honor to be a Native requires some Resolutions, I am free and Determin’d to be so & will not willingly, and quietly subject myself to Slavery.” John Hancock, Letter to his agents in October of 1965

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Ulysses S. Grant was actually born as Hiram Ulysses Grant and used that name for the first 17 years of his life until a clerical error occurred at West Point. Grant was nominated by Ohio Congressman Thomas Hamer to West Point in 1839, who accidentally wrote Grant’s name in the application as “Ulysses S. Grant.” The confusion stemmed from the fact that Grant often went by Ulysses, rather than Hiram.

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Ellis Island In 1776, Martha Washington arrived in New York. The couple takes up residence at the Abraham Mortier house, a country estate overlooking the Hudson River just north of the city. In 1783, Spanish soldiers and their Quapaw allies, commanded by Captain Jacobo Du Breuil, defeated British partisans at Fort Carlos during "Colbert’s Raid" led by British Captain James Colbert. This was the only Revolutionary War action to occur in present-day Arkansas. In 1861, Virginia

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“It is the duty of every citizen, though he may have but one day to live, to devote that day to the good of his country.” Elbridge Gerry, MA Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Samuel Adams was born wealthy but squandered most of it while he worked to free the colonies from Britain's rule. As a young man he did not do well in some jobs and finally his father put him to work at his brewery where he was known as “Sam the Maltster” because he hauled bags of malt up and down the street for his father’s business. He was in his twenties but still dependent on his father for an income.

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