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Homestead National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park System known as the Homestead National Monument of America prior to 2021, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property.
The law went into effect on January 1, 1863. Just after midnight on that day, Daniel Freeman persuaded a clerk to open the local Land Office so that he could file a claim for a homestead located 4 miles (6 km) west of Beatrice. His is regarded as the first of the 417 applications filed that day. [11] [12]
Daniel Freeman's Homestead Application. Daniel Freeman (April 26, 1826 – December 30, 1908) was an American homesteader and Civil War veteran. He was recognized as the first person to file a claim under the Homestead Act of 1862. [1] Freeman was also the plaintiff in a landmark separation of church and state decision.
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The Homestead Harmonizers is a chorus created in response to a charter to operate a barbershop chorus in Beatrice, Nebraska issued on December 12, 1988, by the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc.
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When the Homestead Act went into effect on January 1, 1963, Daniel Freeman persuaded a clerk to open the local Land Office so he could make a claim for a homestead 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Beatrice. In 1936, Congress dedicated the Homestead National Monument of America on the site of Freeman's claim. [15] [16]