“Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country.”

George Washington during his Newburgh Address

A print of George Washington and his generals in consultation, March 15, 1783

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Coast of Maine c. mid to late 1800s

On March 15, 1820, The District of Maine was officially separated from Massachusetts and became Maine, the twenty-third state.

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“All Americans must have the privileges of citizenship regardless of race.”

Lyndon B. Johnson during his Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise on March 15, 1965

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The parents of Andrew Jackson were Scots-Irish Immigrants who settled in the Carolinas.
They came from the village of Boneybefore in present day Northern Ireland.

Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767.

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Born March 15, 1916 Frank Coghlan Jr. spent 23 years as a child and teen actor, appearing in the Our Gang comedies. He spent the next 23 years as a US Naval aviator and as the Navy’s technical advisor on PT 109 Mister Roberts, The Caine Mutiny, The Bridges at Toko-Ri and In Harm’s Way. He’s shown here in Adventures of Captain Marvel.

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Veterans of the American Expeditionary Force met in Paris, France on March 15, 1919 to establish the American Legion.

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A print issued on March 15, 1804 titled: “Mount Vernon, the seat of the late Genl. G. Washington.”

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On March 15, 1875, Bishop John McCloskey from New York became the first Roman Catholic Cardinal in the United States.

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On March 15, 1956 “My Fair Lady” starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison premiered on Broadway.

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8-year-old truant newsboy, who didn’t know his name nor where he lived. Said he had just had the measles. Photographed during school hours. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

March 15, 1917

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“With the increase of personal wants in recent time, the newer countries may never reach such density of population as have Japan and China; but we must nevertheless learn the first lesson in the conservation of natural resources, which are the resources of the land.”

Liberty H. Bailey in 1911

American horticulturalist Liberty H. Bailey was born on March 15, 1858 in South Haven, Michigan.

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President Kennedy with members of U.S. Congress on March 15, 1962 which was the day he signed the Manpower Development and Training Act.

The act outlined the responsibility of the Secretary of Labor…”to encourage the development of broad and diversified training programs and to equip the Nation’s workers with new and improved skills.”

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The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first pro baseball team, was organized on March 15, 1869.

What’s most remarkable is that the Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 went on to win over 60 games that year and lost 0. As a matter of fact they didn’t lose a game until June of the following year!

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An old photo card of Kimball Castle that was built in 1894 in the town of Gilford, New Hampshire.

Gilford was named by a Revolutionary War veteran named Captain Lemuel B. Mason who fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina (some 820 miles away from Gilford, N.H.) on March 15, 1781. What happened to the “u” in Gilford? It was dropped due to a clerical error.

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A barber’s shop at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory-a Native American chief having his hair dressed / drawn by William A. Rogers.

Date of publication: March 15, 1879

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President Calvin Coolidge presenting the Medal of Honor to Lt. Thomas J. Ryan of the U.S. Navy for rescuing a woman from a burning hotel during an earthquake in Japan.

– Date of image: March 15, 1924

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