Handwritten Letter advocating to make MLK's birthday a holiday
Written #OTD 1969, this #HouseRecord advocated for making #MLK's birthday a national holiday. #BlackHistoryMonth #RecordsSearch https://loom.ly/rHmACBs
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Handwritten Letter advocating to make MLK's birthday a holiday
Written #OTD 1969, this #HouseRecord advocated for making #MLK's birthday a national holiday. #BlackHistoryMonth #RecordsSearch https://loom.ly/rHmACBs
Front cover of H. Con. Res. 57
Cheers! This #HouseRecord named bourbon whiskey a uniquely American product, #OTD 1963. #RecordsSearch https://loom.ly/XmnjhC8
Handwritten document signed by John Muir
#OTD in 1893, John Muir advocated for preservation of Yosemite National Park borders. #HouseRecords #RecordsSearch https://loom.ly/tOFeXGI
Letter from Queen Liliuokalani
Queen Liliuokalani protested annexation of her beloved Hawaii to the US #OTD in 1898. #HouseRecords #RecordsSearch https://loom.ly/62Bilfc
Letter from The Old Time Printers' Association of Chicago
#OTD 1917, the Old-Time Printers' Assn. of Chicago wrote in support of Prohibition, asking Congress to, "remove the blighting curse of the liquor traffic, root and branch, from American Life." #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032...
Typed letter from Representative Martin to Speaker Cannon.
Rep Eben Martin of #SD asked Speaker Joe Cannon for a "lesser" committee assignment #OTD 1905. #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032...
Petition from the National American Woman Suffrage Association in favor of the creation of the Committee on Woman Suffrage
#OTD 1917 the House created a Committee on Woman Suffrage. This petition urged its creation. #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032...
Document with fancy black border and letterhead plus a seal from the Minnesota Department of State ratifying the 19th Amendment
#MN became the 15th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, #OTD in 1919. #HouseRecords #RecordsSearch history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032...
Typed letter on tan paper in support of Social Security Act, signed AE Bosley from Akron, Ohio
The Social Security Act became law #OTD 1935. In this #HouseRecord a constituent from #OH expresses support for the measure. #RecordsSearch http://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032448820
Letter from The Old Time Printers' Association of Chicago
#OTD 1917, the Old-Time Printers' Assn. of Chicago wrote in support of Prohibition, asking Congress to, "remove the blighting curse of the liquor traffic, root and branch, from American Life." #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords loom.ly/_4nt-LM