MIKE GRACIA   
                  

CHARLES SCHULZ (1922 – 2000)

America’s first hospital opened its doors "to care for the sick-
poor and insane wandering the streets of Philadelphia."

It is co-founded by—you guessed it—Ben Franklin.

The hospital pioneered institutional healthcare in the colonies,
featuring the first hospital pharmacy.

While Bellevue Hospital in NYC was established earlier (1736)
as an almshouse, Pennsylvania Hospital is recognized as the
first dedicated hospital institution in the American colonies

     
    
    
    
The operating theater in the hospital.

Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)

In 1929 The Seeing Eye, the first US school to train guide dogs
for people with vision impairment, opened in Tennessee. For
reporters skeptical of the idea, co-founder Morris Frank
showcased his own dog, Buddy (below) on busy New York
streets.

   
Morris Frank
(March 23, 1908 – November 22, 1980)

“The paths that our heroes have blazed and the legacies they have left provide us with purpose and meaning.” —Dr. Dean Tuttle

The two founders: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (left)
meeting with Basil O’Connor over a sack of dimes.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founded the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later
renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938.

In 1789, the First U.S. Congress established the Department of
the Treasury on September 2nd to manage government finances, creating a permanent institution after the Continental Congress‘s
prior efforts to fund the Revolutionary War through the issuance
of paper money.

This new department was part of Alexander Hamilton’s vision for
the new government, which included establishing national credit,
funding the national debt, and formulating economic policy.

Alexander Hamilton (1757 – 1804)

View of the east entrance of the first Treasury
Building in Washington, 1804.