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Rise for Animals (formerly New England Anti-Vivisection Society) is a national, registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal rights organization which aims to end nonhuman animal experimentation. [1] It has been described as "one of the oldest and wealthiest anti-vivisection organizations in the United States".
near Petersburg: 1976 Old Propst Church: late 18th century CR 21/9 Brandywine: 1986 Pendleton County Poor Farm: early 20th century US 220: Upper Tract: 1986 Priest Mill: early 20th century Off US 220, near Low-Water Bridge Franklin: 2000 Sites Homestead (Wayside Inn) early 19th century Seneca Rocks Visitor Center Seneca Rocks: 1993
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is a United States federal law passed by the 47th United States Congress and signed into law by President Chester A. Arthur on January 16, 1883. The act mandates that most positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political patronage.
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. [1] Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms , ranches , or urban use.
A map of the results of the 1864 U.S. presidential election. By the summer of 1864, the Civil War had gone on for over three years. Over 250,000 Union soldiers had been killed, with many more maimed or crippled. A Union victory was not yet in sight.