MARCH 23, 1971

Minnesota is among the first states to ratify the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution (which gives US citizens 18 years of age or older the right to vote in local, state, and national elections).

Thanks to Palma Wright’s, Louis Lauer’s and Lynn Johnson’s classes at Moorhead Public Schools for the research on March’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

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