DID YOU KNOW...?

• The Republican Party was first founded to free the slaves. Its first President was Abraham Lincoln.

• President Lincoln signed the legislation protecting Yosemite Valley in 1864 - the first area preserved as a national park in history. In 1872, President Grant (another Republican) protected Yellowstone, thus starting our entire National Park system.

• Republicans were at the forefront of the American Woman's Suffrage and Civil Rights movements. They also elected the first woman senator and black congressman and Hispanic California Governor.

• President Reagan appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court.