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ON THIS SITE The United States in concress assembled on the 13th day of July in the year of our Lord 1787 and of their sovereignty and independece the twelfth, enacted an ordinance for the...

Ohio Company of Associates

ON THIS SITE The United States in concress assembled on the 13th day of July in the year of our Lord 1787 and of their sovereignty and independece the twelfth, enacted an ordinance for the government of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, by which it was dedicated forever to freedom. Under another ordinance passed here by the same body on the 27th day of the same month, Manasseh...

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NON-VIOLENCE. "Non-Violence" was created by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd after his friend John Lennon was murdered. The knotted gun image, which reflects the goals and ideals of the UN, is an...

NON-VIOLENCE. "Non-Violence" was created by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd after his friend John Lennon was murdered. The knotted gun image, which reflects the goals and ideals of the UN, is...

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