Friday, March 10, 2006

March 10 is Harriet Tubman Day

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY - Click this link to learn about this American heroine and why the 101 Congress passed the following Joint Resolution in 1990:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That March 10, 1990 [the anniversary of her death in 1913] be designated as “Harriet Tubman Day,” to be observed by the people of the United States with appropriate ceremonies and activities. ##