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Pro-immigrant sign at a protest on Inauguration Day in Burlington, Vermont. After returning to office for his second term on January 23, 2025, United States President Donald Trump implemented several campaign promises regarding stricter immigration enforcement, leading to an uptick in ICE operations across major metropolitan areas.
Texas Declares Independence. Austin and Tanner map of Texas in 1836 Detail of the Republic of Texas from the Lizars map of Mexico and Guatemala, circa 1836. March 2 – The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed by 58 delegates at an assembly at Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Republic of Texas is declared. [1]
The Texas dollar was the currency of the Republic of Texas. Several forms of currency were issued, but an ongoing economic depression made it difficult for the government to provide effective backing. [1] The republic accepted the standard gold and silver coins of the United States, but never minted its own coins. [2]
Official $20 bill prototype featuring Harriet Tubman. In a campaign called "Women on 20s", selected voters were asked to choose three of 15 female candidates to have a portrait on the $20 bill. The goal was to have a woman on the $20 bill by 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote. [13]
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A man in Texas paid $4,000 for what was described as an “autographed” Taylor Swift guitar, only to immediately smash it to pieces with a hammer.. Footage of the incident at the Ellis County ...
The treaty was based on an 1847 copy (the Disturnell Map) of a twenty-five-year-old map which was incorporated into the treaty. However, surveys revealed that El Paso was 36 miles (58 km) further south and 100 miles (160 km) further west than the map showed. Mexico favored the map, but the United States put faith in the results of the survey.
Peter and Grace Bilello each signed one dollar bills to give to each other as a token of their love in 2009 after Grace went. Money and love don't usually mix well, but for one Connecticut man, it ...