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Article: EXECUTIVE ORDER 06-04: GOV. BLUNT ISSUES ORDER TO DEDICATE, NAME STATE OFFICE BUILDING, IN HONOR OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

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February 7, 2006
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Gov. Matt Blunt, R-Mo., issued the following executive order:

WHEREAS, George Washington Carver was born into slavery near Diamond Grove, Missouri sometime between July 1861 and January 1864 and was a sickly baby, soon orphaned when his mother was abducted by slave-traders, and whose very survival beyond infancy defied the understanding and capabilities of the medical community at that time; and

WHEREAS, even absent a formal education, George Washington Carver's intellect and affinity for agriculture manifested themselves at an early age; and

WHEREAS, at the age of 11, George Washington Carver informed his caretakers that he was going to move to Neosho so he could attend the school for ...

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