Today in history
Subtitle: May 9
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Mother's Day; Siege, 1813; History; Political cartoons; Caricatures and cartoons
Other titles: May 9
Description: Presents a discussion of the origins of Mother's Day by presidential proclamation on May 9, 1914. Also presents a discussion of the siege of Fort Meigs by Shawnee military leader Tecumseh and British general Henry A. Proctor. This siege was turned back by General William Henry Harrison on May 9, 1813. A concluding section discusses Join, or Die, considered the first American political cartoon, which was printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: [Mother's Day]; title: Siege of Fort Meigs; title: Join, or die.