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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

September 12, 1962 - Kennedy's "We Go to the Moon" Speech

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SANDY KOZEL

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Jerome Allen Seinfeld

Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer is 70
today. Comedy Central named him the 12th-greatest
stand-up comedian of all time.            

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SEVENTH PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY

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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was a lawyer,
planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his
presidency
, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and
served in both houses of the
U.S. Congress.

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General Jackson

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Andrew Jackson Monument Statue in Nashville,
Tennessee.

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MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED ON THIS DAY

Washington DC Monuments & Memorials | Museums, Landmarks

The Washington Monument was built in honor of Americas
revolutionary
hero and first president George Washington
and was
dedicated in Washington, D.C. on February 21,
1885.

The 555-foot-high marble obelisk was first proposed in
1783, and Pierre L’Enfant left room for it in his designs
for the new U.S. capital.
 

After George Washington’s death in 1799, plans for a
memorial for the “father of the country” were discussed,
but none were
adopted until 1832, the centennial
of Washington’s birth.
 



Circa 1885 Washington Monument Dedicated Medal. Baker O-322. Second Obverse. White Metal.
 
Facts about the Washington Monument


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MONUMENT COMPLETED ON THIS DAY

'On This Day': The Washington Monument was completed - New Haven Register


On December 6, 1884, in
Washington, D.C., workers placed a
nine-inch aluminum pyramid inscribed with "
Laus Deo,"
meaning praise (be) to God, atop a tower of white marble,
completing the construction of an impressive monument to
the city’s namesake and the nation’s first president,
George
Washington
. 

Washington Monument completed, 1884 #5884424 Framed Prints, Wall Art

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Aluminum apex showing inscriptions on its east (left)
and north (right) faces.

24 Facts About The Washington Monument | Ultimate List

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STATUE GIVEN TO THE U.S. ON THIS DAY IN 1884

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In a ceremony held in Paris the completed Statue of Liberty
was formally presented to the United States ambassador as
a commemoration of the friendship between France and the
U.S.

The idea for the statue was born in 1865, when the French
historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye proposed
a monument to commemorate the upcoming centennial of
U.S. independence (1876), the perseverance of American
democracy and the liberation of the nation’s slaves.


Work on the statue, formally called “Liberty Enlightening
the World,” began in France in 1875.

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Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye
(18 January 1811 – 25 May 1883)

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