Philadelphia National Park Commission: Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, Seventy-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2851, a Bill Creating the Philadelphia National Park CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1945 - 92 pages |
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... preserve for the future those things that are sacred in the history of the United States . I think it is one of the finest things that could be done , to keep alive that spirit which built America , and it has been the per- petuation of ...
... preserve for the future those things that are sacred in the history of the United States . I think it is one of the finest things that could be done , to keep alive that spirit which built America , and it has been the per- petuation of ...
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... preserved and the beautiful wrought - iron works , beautiful piazzas and beautiful gardens , the beautiful water vista that Charleston has . Then I would mention Salem , Mass . , Portsmouth , N. H. , Newcastle , Del . , and similar ...
... preserved and the beautiful wrought - iron works , beautiful piazzas and beautiful gardens , the beautiful water vista that Charleston has . Then I would mention Salem , Mass . , Portsmouth , N. H. , Newcastle , Del . , and similar ...
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... preserving and making safe these historic structures , and then we will follow along . I am certain that we will match any contribution of the Federal Government not only once but probably two or three times over . But the Federal ...
... preserving and making safe these historic structures , and then we will follow along . I am certain that we will match any contribution of the Federal Government not only once but probably two or three times over . But the Federal ...
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... preserved Inde- pendence Square , and the city preserved Washington Square . But the character of the immediately contiguous , privately owned prop- erties is very unworthy . In talking about this proposed bill , I said that if the ...
... preserved Inde- pendence Square , and the city preserved Washington Square . But the character of the immediately contiguous , privately owned prop- erties is very unworthy . In talking about this proposed bill , I said that if the ...
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... preserved it intact , and then we have the first bank of the United States , which belongs to the city of Phila- delphia , as well as the second bank , over which Jackson had a momen- tous battle that is down here - and the other ...
... preserved it intact , and then we have the first bank of the United States , which belongs to the city of Phila- delphia , as well as the second bank , over which Jackson had a momen- tous battle that is down here - and the other ...
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accessories affording dignified affording dignified approaches American Legion Auxiliary areas and appropriate assist in bringing Association to safeguard BARRETT of Wyoming bill H. R. BRADLEY Carpenters CHAIRMAN city of Philadelphia Colonial Wars commission Congress Hall conserving the historical consideration to measures dangerous and unsightly delphia demolition of dangerous endorses the purposes enshrining the symbol Fairmount Park Federal Government Franklin Square further Resolved gentlemen give favorable consideration Gold Star Mothers HADDONFIELD Hall National Historical hallowed grounds HARDIN PETERSON heartily endorses historic buildings House of Representatives improve its surroundings Independence Hall Association Independence Hall National introduced looking Judge LEWIS KNEIPP LEMKE liberty and freedom Liberty Bell National Historical Park National Park Service national shrines patriotic Pennsylvania Phila place landscaped areas power to assist president resolution safeguard this venerated September 27 Society of Colonial symbol of liberty ultimate creation United unsightly buildings urges its members venerated American shrine Washington
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Page 80 - I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy* of a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of the Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., at a meeting held on Tuesday., May 26, 1942.
Page 80 - Hon. J. HARDIN PETERSON, Chairman, Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives.
Page 88 - National Historical Shrines" as an all inclusive one. Of special historical interest and significance is the House of Representatives Bill No. 2851, "An Act to provide for investigating the matter of the establishment of a national park in the old part of the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of conserving the historical objects and buildings therein.
Page 53 - Most vociferous, though not the most effective, among pressure groups are the various "patriotic" organizations. These fall into three types. There are the ancestor-worshippers like the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution, and...
Page 12 - PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin Franklin John Morton George Clymer James Smith George...
Page 13 - VIRGINIA George Wythe Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr. Francis Lightfoot Lee Carter Braxton NORTH CAROLINA William Hooper Joseph Hewes John Penn SOUTH CAROLINA Edward Rutledge Thomas Heyward, Jr. Thomas Lynch, Jr. Arthur Middleton GEORGIA Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall George Walton...
Page 24 - There is one other thing I should like to say. and that is that...
Page 44 - ... thus resulting in wide differences of educational opportunity, and Whereas existing educational inequalities cannot be removed even though the States adopt modern tax systems and allot a suitable proportion of resulting revenues to the financing of education; therefore be it Resolved, That the General Federation of Women's Clubs in convention assembled June 1946, goes on record as favoring Federal support of public education without Federal control of educational policies and programs.
Page 18 - Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I do not know that I can add anything of great value to what has already been said.
Page 78 - National Ladies' Auxiliary, Jewish War Veterans of the United States National Patriotic Council National Society of Colonial Descendants of America National Society, Daughters of the Union (1861-65), Inc.