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Mika Brzezinski and Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”MSNBC were the Masters of Ceremony for the United States Department of Agriculture 150th Anniversary's celebration in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. May 15, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed into law on Saint Isador’s Day, The Patron saint of Farmers, an act of Congress establishing the U.S. Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln referred to the Agriculture Department as the “People’s Department”. He knew the importance of agriculture to our prosperity – particularly at a time when about half of all Americans lived on the farm. USDA photo by Bob Nichols.

 

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