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2 days ago · In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a federal holiday at the urging of prominent Italian American leaders, such as Generoso Pope in New York City, and Catholic lobbying ...
4 days ago · Toledo, city, seat (1835) of Lucas county, northwestern Ohio, U.S., at the mouth of the Maumee River (bridged). It lies along Maumee Bay (southwestern tip of Lake Erie), about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Detroit, Mich., and is a principal Great Lakes port, being the hub of a metropolitan complex.
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1 day ago · Toledo (/ t ə ˈ l iː d oʊ / tə-LEE-doh) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. [6] At the 2020 census, it had a population of 270,871, making Toledo the fourth-most populous city in Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. Toledo is the 85th-most populous city in the United States. [7]
2 hours ago · The name America first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America.
2 days ago · "The Star-Spangled Banner" was first recognized for official use by the United States Navy in 1889. On March 3, 1931, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution (46 Stat. 1508) making the song the official national anthem of the United States, which President Herbert Hoover signed into law.
2 days ago · The state takes its name from the Ohio River, which in turn traces its name to an Iroquoian word meaning “great water.” The first state to be carved from the Northwest Territory, Ohio became the 17th member of the union on March 1, 1803.
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2 days ago · Columbus Day is a national holiday in the United States that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas on October 12, 1492. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October.
