150th Birthday facts
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In 1926, Poland sent the US a birthday card with over 5 million signatures. Polish citizen Leopold Kotnowski visited the White House to present the card for America’s 150th birthday. It has 30,000 pages full of art, photos, poems and pressed flowers.
The Help Celebrate Our 150th American Independence Day in 1926, Poland Presented President Coolidge with a birthday present to America as a big thank you for aid during WW1. The present was an 11 volume, 300,000 pages of 5.5 million (1/6 of population then) signatures from polish people.
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A chinese man claimed to be over 197 years old. The chinese government even congratulated him on his 150th birthday.
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The greatest birthday card in history: The Polish Declarations. In celebration of America’s 150th birthday (July 4th, 1926) the Polish presented President Coolidge with 111 volumes of books containing 5.5 million Polish signatures, each to express their gratitude for America’s impact in WWI.
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A Chinese herbalist lived to be over 256 years old. He supposedly was born in 1677 and died in 1933. An Imperial Chinese document from 1850 congratulates him on his 150th birthday.
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An Asian restaurant owner was among the first of minority people to fight and win racist and sexist laws in North America in the 1920s. He was forgotten until his feature in The Lost Stories Project by Concordia University for Canada's 150th birthday.
