Movement Of 1776 Recalled In Halifax Observance
Halifax North Carolina remembers the Halifax Resolves adopted April 12 1776 and the Fourth Provincial Congress meeting on April 4 1776. The Halifax Resolves authorized colonial delegates to seek independence and foreign alliances while reserving local constitutional power. The resolution was unanimously approved by 83 of 148 delegates from 34 counties and eight towns.
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Halifax
N. C
America
Cornelius Harnett
Great Britain
Continental Congress
Memorial for FDR Dedicated in Washington D C
A small private funded memorial to Franklin D Roosevelt is dedicated in Washington D C on a green plot in front of the Archives Building. The seven ton white Vermont marble monument includes a metal box with donor names sealed in its base. Attendees include Roosevelt's children and former associates with W Averell Harriman delivering the dedication remarks.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
F.D.R
Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
Archives
Pennsylvania Avenue
Vermont
W. Averell Harriman
Wisconsin Students Observe Race Issues in N Carolina
Thirty five University of Wisconsin students will spend Easter vacation in North Carolina with four faculty advisers studying race relations and Negro education. They will visit several Negro and white institutions and visit Prince Edward County where schools have been closed to avoid integration.
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N.C
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
North Carolina
South
Wisconsin Student Association
Johnson Foundation
Racine
Wis
North Carolina Fund
Barry Popkin
Wisconsin
America
Popkin
North Carolina College
Durham
North Carolina A and T College
Greensboro
Shaw University
Raleigh
Elizabeth City State College
Elizabeth City
St. Augustine College
University of North Carolina At
Prince Edward County
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Navy
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