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Works Progress Administration
The Great Depression, and the ensuing jobs loss found 10 million men without a job by May of 1935. I think anyone who has studied the Great Depression much, probably has their own opinion of what cause the problems that … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Politics, Reminiscing
Tagged artists, Caryn's Thoughts, congress, family, franklin d roosevelt, memories, new deal, workers, Works Progress Administration, World War II
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The Northwest Ordinance
It never really occurred to me that the formation of new states in the United States would be the huge undertaking that it actually became. I just assumed that as the settlers moved into an area, they eventually got populated enough to decide to be a state. Continue reading
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Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, congress, family, memories, native americans, northwestern ordinance, thomas jefferson, United States
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Letters To Himself
Long before James Madison became out fourth President of the United States, he served in a number of other positions. Early on, Madison emerged as an important leader in the House of Representatives and was a close adviser to President George Washington. While many of the early leaders of our nation understood Continue reading
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Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, congress, excellent writer, family, george washington, james madison, letters, memories, president
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The Medicine Lodge Treaty
Actually, The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the name given for three treaties that were signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, between the Federal government of the United States and southern Plains Indian tribes on October 21, 1867. The treaties were intended to bring peace to the area by relocating Continue reading
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Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, congress, family, indian peace commission, kansas, lone wolf, memories, the medicine lodge treaty
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The Judiciary Act Of 1789
Our government is made up of three branches. The three branches of the United States government are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. According to the doctrine of separation of powers, the United States Constitution distributed the power of the federal government among these three branches Continue reading
The Conway Cabal
Politics is always a dirty game. That is probably why most of us don’t like career politicians. They will do or say anything to win or further their careers. “Dirty politics” has been around as long as there have been politicians. Continue reading
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Tagged battle of brandywine, Caryn's Thoughts, congress, family, george washington, memories, politicians, thomas conway
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Upholding Our Constitution
On this day, in 1787…the first Constitution Day, The Constitution of the Unites States of America was signed. It was a very important, and almost sacred day in out nations history. In fact, I believe that our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian Continue reading
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Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, congress, constitution day, dictators, family, first amendment, freedom of religion, mask mandates, memories, woke
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Measuring Up
The metric system…in many ways, a source of contention between the American government, or whoever it is who keeps trying to push it on the American public, and the American public in general. Sure, it’s mixed in with our way … Continue reading
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Tagged american people, Caryn's Thoughts, congress, contention, family, industry, memories, metric system, nurses, private sector
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Presidential Veto
For anyone who has watched the process of getting a bill made law in Congress, the word Veto is a well known word. If the president doesn’t like the bill, he can always threaten to veto it, forcing Congress to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Genealogy, History, Politics, Reminiscing
Tagged bill, Caryn's Thoughts, congress, family, jeffersin, law, memories, presidential, veto, Washington
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International Zone
Captain Charles Wilkes was an American naval officer, ship’s captain, and explorer. During an exploring expedition, authorized by the May 18, 1836 act of the Congress, Wilkes set out to explore the southern oceans. Congress didn’t expect his expedition to … Continue reading
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Tagged antarctica, captain charles wilkes, Caryn's Thoughts, congress, Europe, family memories, international, naval officer, United States
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