"Our daddies and mothers, as well as the teachers, want to know that when we leave our homes in the morning to go to school, that we will come out safe when our lessons are over.'
Click here to read 9-year-old fifth grader Carolyn Jones' speech to the Texas Legislature, March 25, 1937.
...let us suggest the legislature of Texas set aside a special day each year to be observed as a memorial day on which tribute will be paid to the children and teachers who died in this catastrophe...and to make laws of safety... Our daddies and mothers, as well as the teachers, want to know that when we leave our homes in the morning to go to school, that we will come out safe when our lessons are over.More activities: Bring the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion to Your School.
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