White background with light purple cloud on top left and light pink cloud on bottom right. There is an image of sound graphic on top right and unable to hear with image of ear in top right. Big hand finger-spell “A-S-L” on top center. At center all the way down to the lower center text-shows “National Deaf History Month”. “Today is our National Deaf History Month celebrated from April 1 – 30. Deaf History Month is celebrated at this time of year because of three main events in the history of deaf education. 1. April 15, 1817, America’s first public school for the deaf was opened. 2. April 8, 1864, Gallaudet University was officially founded. (the first higher education of the deaf and hard of hearing) 3. To celebrate and cherish deaf culture and learn American Sign Language”. At bottom; the logo of all GLAD centers “GLAD”, “CODIE”, “B-GLAD’, “TCGLAD”, and “OCDeaf”.
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