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Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Donald Trump Donates 1 Million Dollars to Hurricane Harvey Relief

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Donald Trump Pol Light Moment #157  occurred on August 31, 2017 , when Donald Trump announced he would personally give $1 million of hi...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Donald Trump Presides Over Lighting of National Christmas Tree

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Donald Trump Pol Light Moment #156  occurred on November 30, 2017, when Donald Trump presided over the annual lighting of the national C...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Donald Trump Sends His Private Jet to Transport Sick Boy Across Country

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Donald Trump Pol Light Moment #148  occurred on July 20, 1988, when Donald Trump sent his private jet to transport 3 year old Andrew Ten...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Jacqueline Kennedy Gives First Television Interview

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Jacqueline Kennedy Pol Light Moment #147  occurred on March 24, 1961, when Jacqueline Kennedy gave her first television interview afte...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Clinton and Trump at 2016 Al Smith Dinner

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Pol Light Moment #144 occurred on October 20, 2016, when the two people running for President of the United States shared the stage to suppo...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

Andrew Cuomo Helps Driver Stranded in Snow

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Pol Light Moment #136  occurred on January 23, 2016, when Andrew Cuomo helped a driver who was stranded in a snowstorm on Long Island in Ne...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Mario Cuomo Signs Nation's First Seat Belt Law

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Mario Cuomo (Kenneth C. Zirkel/1987) Pol Light Moment #130  occurred on July 12, 1984, when Mario Cuomo (1932-2015) signed the nation...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Franklin Roosevelt's Sullivan Letter

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Pol Light Moment #107  is when Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) wrote a letter to Mrs. Sullivan on January 13, 1943. Mrs. Sullivan was the mot...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Franklin Roosevelt Supports Boy Scouts of America's First Jamboree

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Pol Light Moment #99  is when Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) gave his Presidential support to the Boy Scouts of America having their first ...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Elise Stefanik Becomes Youngest Woman Ever Elected to Congress

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Pol Light Moment #94 happened on November 4, 2014, when Elise Stefanik was elected to the U.S. Congress to represent New York's 21st Co...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Hillary Clinton Comforts Military Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones

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Pol Light Moment #75  took place on October 1, 2014, when Hillary Clinton spoke in New York at an event for TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Pr...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

John F. Kennedy Pushes Physical Fitness Initiative

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Pol Light Moment #72  is when John F. Kennedy announced his U.S. Physical Fitness Program for young people on July 19, 1961, and called f...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Robert Kennedy Delivers News of MLK Assassination

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Pol Light Moment #62 occurred on April 4, 1968, when Robert F. Kennedy delivered news of the assassination of Martin Luther King...
Friday, March 8, 2013

Franklin Roosevelt Founds March of Dimes

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Pol Light Moment #50 is when Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis on January 3, 1938. Roos...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Hillary Clinton Supports Child Survival in Congo

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Pol Light Moment #49 took place on June 14, 2012, when Hillary Clinton supported a fundraiser for Ben Affleck's Eastern Congo Initiat...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

John F. Kennedy's 'Moon' Speech

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Pol Light Moment #47 is when John F. Kennedy set high goals of Space exploration for the United States and gave his 'Moon' speech...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Eleanor Roosevelt Offers to Help Harry Truman

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Pol Light Moment #28  occurred on April 12, 1945, when Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) offered to help President Harry Truman after she tol...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Jacqueline Kennedy Thanks Country for Sympathy Cards

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Pol Light Moment #23 occurred on January 14, 1964, when Jacqueline Kennedy thanked the United States for the overwhelming number of sym...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Theodore Roosevelt Inspires the Teddy Bear

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Pol Light Moment #20 is when Theodore Roosevelt's Mississippi hunting trip in November, 1902 inspired the teddy bear. Theodore Roosev...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Charles Schumer Helps Reunite Marine with Dog

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Charles Schumer Pol Moment #18 culminated in March, 2012, when Charles Schumer helped reunite a retired marine with the dog she served ...