This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
June
3,
1847
President James Knox Polk, an 1818 honors graduate of the University, returned to deliver the commencement address. A native of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Polk served as president of the United States from 1845 to 1849.Top |
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