Incredibly, especially considering the bureaucracy and controversy that besets modern questions of statehood, as our faithful chronicler informs, on this day in 1953, US president Eisenhower signed a petition from the Ohio general assembly retroactively making it the seventeenth state of the union, backdated one hundred and fifty years and some months to the date when the legislature first convened in 1803. Although president Jefferson had approved the territory’s boundaries and constitution at the time, congress had not formerly ratified the recognition. This oversight was discovered during preparations for Ohio’s upcoming founding anniversary, and while at that point in history, no formal resolution was required for admission, Ohioans wished to correct the record. This place earning the moniker “mother of presidents” for being the homeland of seven wants to make sure its contributions were legitimate.
synchronoptica
one year ago: a geopolitical map of the internet (with synchronoptica)
seven years ago: architect Renzo Picasso plus assorted links to revisit
eight years ago: a puzzle book, ancient air-wells, universal phonetics for numbers plus the art of Clive Barker
nine years ago: psychological terms to be wary of, more links to enjoy, illustrated Moby Dick plus even more links
ten years ago: controversy over a simian selfie
