2.2 Polk's gambit Lincoln in February 1865 two months before his death. Henry Middleton South Carolina 1 Yes 3 Creating new state constitutions. On March 21 1861 Vice President Alexander Stephens of the Confederacy delivered his Cornerstone Speech He explained the differences between the constitution of the Confederate Republic and that of the United States and laid out the cause for the American Civil War and a defense of slavery. 9.1.2 Republicanism The Washington Monument seen across the Tidal Basin during 2007's National Cherry Blossom Festival; . 4 Organic Act of 1871 Simple resolutions concern only the House or only the Senate and begin with "H.Res." or "S.Res." Edward Biddle Pennsylvania 1 Yes Bills are laws in the making a House-originated bill begins with the letters "H.R." for "House of Representatives" followed by a number kept as it progresses. .
The National Gallery of Art is on the National Mall near the Capitol and features works of American and European art the gallery and its collections are owned by the U.S government but are not a part of the Smithsonian Institution the National Building Museum which occupies the former Pension Building near Judiciary Square was chartered by Congress and hosts exhibits on architecture urban planning and design. Join or Die by Benjamin Franklin was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule, Native Americans holding African-American slaves In June 1864 Lincoln approved the Yosemite Grant enacted by Congress which provided unprecedented federal protection for the area now known as Yosemite National Park. . Charles Humphreys Pennsylvania 1 Yes The war ended on June 22 1865 and following that surrender the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced throughout remaining regions of the South that had not yet freed the slaves Slavery officially continued for a couple of months in other locations. Federal troops arrived in Galveston Texas on June 19 1865 to enforce the emancipation That day of gaining freedom in Texas is now celebrated as Juneteenth in many U.S states; George Walton Georgia 1 Yes 7.2 South Branch Potomac River. Richard Smith New Jersey 1 Yes Delaware 8,887 6,153 4,177 4,509 3,292 2,605 2,290 1,798, 1900 278,718 21.0% Washington and Georgetown retained their separate charters for seventy years until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 That Act cancelled the charters of the towns and brought the entire area within the District borders under one district government ending any distinction between "the District of Columbia" and "Washington" making the two terms effectively synonymous, Vines and Groundcover of the Potomac River Basin 9 See also. Mayoral election results, Main articles: France in the American Revolutionary War and Spain in the American Revolutionary War, Congress immediately adjourned for the day upon news of Washington's death and the Speaker's chair was shrouded in black the next morning the funeral was held four days after his death on December 18 1799 at Mount Vernon where his body was interred Cavalry and foot soldiers led the procession and six colonels served as the pallbearers the Mount Vernon funeral service was restricted mostly to family and friends. Reverend Thomas Davis read the funeral service by the vault with a brief address followed by a ceremony performed by various members of Washington's Masonic lodge in Alexandria Virginia. Congress chose Light-Horse Harry Lee to deliver the eulogy Word of his death traveled slowly; church bells rang in the cities and many places of business closed. People worldwide admired Washington and were saddened by his death and memorial processions were held in major cities of the United States Martha wore a black mourning cape for one year and she burned their correspondence to protect their privacy Only five letters between the couple are known to have survived two letters from Martha to George and three from him to her. Revolutionary era 9.3 King George III, Chandigarh Punjab and Haryana India (1966), A coloured voting box.svg Politics portal.
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