George Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1732
George Washington's Birthday is celebrated as a federal holiday on the third Monday in February.
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San Francisco Earthquake
On the morning of April 18, 1906, a massive earthquake shook San Francisco. Though the quake lasted less than a minute, its immediate impact was disastrous.
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Benjamin Franklin Petitions Congress
In 1789, Benjamin Franklin's last public act was to send Congress a petition on behalf of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery asking for abolition and an end to the slave trade.
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Congress Establishes Thanksgiving
In 1941 Congress passed a resolution fixing the day of Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday in November.
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Featured Congressional Documents
- Lincoln's Nomination of Grant (February 29, 1864)
- Hepburn Rate Bill (May 15, 1906)
- Oklahoma Statehood (November 16, 1907)
- Private Land Claim of Luis Mesa (1870)
- Martha Griffiths's Discharge Petition for the Equal Rights Amendment (June 11, 1970)
- Petition of Daniel Boone (January 2, 1810)
- San Francisco Earthquake (April 18, 1906)
- George Washington's Birthday (February 22, 1732)
- Benjamin Franklin's Petition to Congress asking for the Abolition of Slavery (February 3, 1790)
- Congress Establishes Thanksgiving (December 26, 1941)
- "The House is in Session": Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection (April 16, 1908)
- Tally of Electoral Votes (February 11,
1801)
- Alexander Hamilton (July 1, 1804)
- Petition for Universal Suffrage (January 29, 1866)
- American Flag Petition (February 6,
1861)
- Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon
Collection (June 9, 1899)
- Creation of the U.S. Capitol Police
(May 2, 1828)
- George Washington's First Inaugural Address (April 30, 1789)
- 200th Anniversary of Ohio Statehood Documents
(1787-1803)
- Election Certificate of Hattie Caraway
(1932)
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Address to Congress (1941)
