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English: The founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was commemorated on the 300th anniversary in 1920, celebrating America’s in a representative democracy. The signing of the Mayflower Compact was the first major political event of American history.
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Source U.S. Post Office; Smithsonian National Postal Museum: Arago: people, postage & the post.
Author Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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