On this day in 1781, Maryland became the final state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. The Articles created a national government centered on the legislative branch, which was comprised of a single house, and established a "league of friendship" among the 13 states.

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This month in 1776, the Continental Congress appointed Roger Sherman - with George Wythe and John Adams - to a committee tasked with establishing guidelines for American commissioners to Canada. The statue of Sherman shown here was presented to National Statuary Hall in 1872.

“To conform the principles, morals, and manners of our Citizens to our republican forms of government, it is absolutely necessary that knowledge of every kind should be disseminated through every part of the United States.” - Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1787

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Made in 1918, this truck towed 75MM gun was mounted in 1940 on a split trail M2A2 carriage with pneumatic tires and later issued in World War II to U.S. Army anti-tank units as a direct fire weapon.

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On this day in 1971, Apollo 14 returned to Earth after a nine day mission to the Moon. During the mission, Astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell explored the Moon from the Lunar Module “Antares,” while Stuart Roosa orbited the Moon in the Command Module “Kitty Hawk.”

This bronze vase, entitled “Invention,” is located in the U.S. Capitol and was made in 1871. In this vase, Freedom is personified by a male figure wearing a liberty cap. Also shown on the vase are three leading Americans: Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, and Samuel F. B. Morse.

This week in 1733, the colony of Georgia was founded and named in honor of King George II, seen here in a portrait at the Georgia Governor's Mansion. King George II granted a charter for creating Georgia and named James Edward Oglethorpe as Trustee to govern the new colony.

“The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every heart all over this land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when touched by the better angels of our nature.” Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky.

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On this day in 1962, Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit Earth. In 1998, Glenn would return to space as a Payload Specialist aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.

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“First in War, First in Peace, First in the Hearts of His Countrymen” George Washington, first President of the United States, was born on this day in 1732 in Virginia.

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