Willie Nelson Sees Day No More Farm Aid Needed
Cambridge based Farm Aid Inc has donated over seven million dollars since 1985. Nelson noted he hopes awareness and caring Americans eventually end the need for benefit events. His Lincoln Nebraska concert for Farm Aid 1986 helps farmers amid legal aid programs.
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Farm Aid Inc
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Franklin Supports New System at Constitution Signing
Benjamin Franklin 81 endorses the Federal Convention's draft, urging unanimous votes from Pennsylvania delegates. Washington spends the day writing letters and dining with the Morrises, while James McHenry notes the plan’s near completion and Jacob Shallus works to engross four parchment pages for signing.
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Signing Of The Constitution Across South Carolina
The bicentennial of the Constitution was marked with bells, balloons, and fireworks across South Carolina. A 4 PM nationwide bell ringing included churches, courthouses, and schools, plus 11 AM court recesses, 200 helium balloons released in Columbia and Newberry College, and a Charleston Harbor fireworks display. A Philadelphia ceremony linked SC signers Pierce Butler John Rutledge and Charles Pinckney with descendants of other signers, led by Warren Burger. Hoang Nguyen an 18 year old North Charleston High School senior and Linda LaGasca a nurse from the Philippines discussed new citizenship journeys.
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