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This Day in History: 1st Telegraph

I am pre -empting my "A Question of Homeschooling" series of articles this week for a word from This Day in History because it has to do with communication...  Tune in to Communication FUNdamentals on Wednesday when we will join our homeschool article series already in progress. ;D ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ There are many different forms of communication.  Words are just what is most often considered.   Many an invention has enhanced our communication experience and I'd like to tell you about one of them today.  You see, on this day in history is the anniversary of a significant communication event! The first public telegraph message, "What hath God wrought," was sent on May 24, 1844 by Samuel Morse in Washington to Alfred...

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