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Anniversaries of America’s milestones in 1934
A discussion of centennials and tercentennials in American history sets the stage for 1934. It notes Jacques Cartier’s 1534 voyage and Maryland’s founding as key tercentennial events, with further biographical anniversaries across 1634, 1734, 1784, 1809, 1859, and 1884, culminating in planned commemorations and notable births and deeds of figures like Champlain, Penn, and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Cartier
Newfoundland
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Michigan
Mackinac Island
St. Lawrence
Fox River
Wisconsin
Quebec
Champlain
Colony of
Maryland
Charles I of England
George Calvert
Lord Baltimore
P’otomac River
Plymouth Colony
Calvert
New World
England
America
Cecil Calvert
Virginia
Leonard Calvert
Charles
Henrietta Maria
Ark
Cowes
Leonard
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
St. Clement’s Island
Robert Morris
Philadelphia
Lancashire
Thomas McKean
Continental Congress
Chester County
Pennsylvania
John Peter Zenger
New York Weekly Journal
New York
Zenger
William Floyd
Brookhaven
N. Y
North Carolina
Congress of the United States
Alleghanies
Jonesborough