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Petition Signed by Thomas A. Edison for Sunday Openings at the World's Columbian Exposition

focuses on petitioning the federal government, peaceably assembling, and exercising freedom of speech and religion, all of which are protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. This lesson correlates to the National History Standards and the National Standards for Civics and Government. (National Archives and Records Administration)

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