American Revolution collection : commemorations, 1789-1965.

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American Revolution collection : commemorations, 1789-1965.

1789-1965

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Proclamation for a day of Thanksgiving by John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts (1789 Oct. 14) for Nov. 26, 1789 with a request for prayer of gratitude for the successful conclusion of the late war; program for services on Bunker Hill for June 17, 1825; invitation to the centennial anniversary, June 17, 1876, with a facsimile of a vote passed on June 17, 1776 pledging Newton [Mass.] to sustain Congress if independence from Great Britain is declared; card of admission to burial services for Lexington soldiers killed in the Battle of Lexington, with note concerning the event; proclamation (undated) by Gov. James M. Curley that March 5 of each year is to be observed as the anniversary of the Boston Massacre; sermon, author unknown, commemorating the anniversary of April 19th; and bill of the U.S. House of Representatives providing that the flag be flown 24 hours a day on Lexington Green with subsequent act of Congress (1965), proclamations by Lexington selectmen, and letter accompanying pen used by Pres. Lyndon Johnson to sign the act providing that the U.S. flag be flown on Lexington Green around the clock.

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