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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 […]

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This Day in Founder's History

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

todaySeptember 13, 2014

This Day in Founder's History

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 […]

todayAugust 21, 2014

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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....

todayAugust 20, 2014

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