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Fifty States and Fifty Fun Facts
StateHome ofAlabama George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanutsAlaska The longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states…U.S. Postal Rates & Fees
First-Class Mail includes all personal correspondence, all bills and statements of accounts, all matter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, and matter wholly or partly in writing or…printing
(Encyclopedia) printing, means of producing reproductions of written material or images in multiple copies. There are four traditional types of printing: relief printing (with which this article is…What It Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States
by Mary Church Terrell Washington, D.C., has been called "The Colored Man's Paradise." Whether this sobriquet was given to the national capital in bitter irony by a member of the handicapped…A Guide to Inventions and Discoveries From Adrenaline to the Zipper
From Adrenaline to the Zipper See also Famous Firsts in Aviation, Nobel Prizes.Adrenaline:(isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897.Aerosol can:Erik Rotheim, Norway, 1926.Air brake:George…Women's Suffrage: Woman Suffrage by Federal Amendment
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Story of IowaThe Crises of 1916Woman Suffrage by Federal AmendmentSo far the story of suffrage, victory and defeat, has been the story…State of the Union Address: William J. Clinton (January 24, 1995)
William J. Clinton (January 24, 1995) Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the 104th Congress, my fellow Americans: Again we are here in the sanctuary of democracy. And once again, our democracy…