Happy 256th Birthday, Rutgers!
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On this day in 1766, William Franklin, the last colonial governor of New Jersey and Benjamin Franklin's son, signed the charter establishing Queen's College, which later became Rutgers University.
Celebrating Charter Day is a time-honored tradition at Rutgers, the eighth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the nation’s leading public research universities.
Read more about our history and traditions at the links below:
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