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USDA Announces 2012 Commemoration of 150th Anniversary

November 02, 2011 Ann Wright, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, USDA

Today, I accompanied Secretary Vilsack on a trip to the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois to announce USDA’s year-long celebration of the 150 th anniversary of our founding in 1862. It is quite fitting that we are marking this celebration in the hometown of our founder, President Abraham...

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