HEALTH CHARITY FORMED ON THIS DATE IN 1938

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The MARCH OF DIMES campaign to fight polio was founded by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. He had contracted polio himself at the age of 39.

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President Roosevelt and Basil O’Conner, organizer of the MARCH OF
DIMES campaign, count dimes at the White House. 

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                                    Poster from the 1950’s  

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                The silver Roosevelt dime first issued in 1946

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PRESIDENT TAYLOR BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1784

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                               The White House in the 1800’s

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Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States.
He was in office from March 4, 1849 to July, 1850, when he
died prematurely at age 65.The cause of  death is unknown. 

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