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Posted by: Margaret Wood
During my time as a docent for our Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor exhibition, I noticed various names on the coffered ceiling of the South Gallery where the exhibition was housed. I was puzzled as to who these persons were until I saw Josiah Bartlett‘s name. Thanks to my years of watching The West Wing, …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
Today is the anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inauguration, which took place on March 4, 1933. Historically speaking, it was the last presidential inauguration held in March. As I wrote in the post on the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Confederation Congress had set the date for the first Congress to be celebrated …
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