U.S. Presidents have varying backgrounds and political persuasions. Only one was unanimously elected. They can have little or lasting influence. These stories are about individuals with the power to make a difference at home and abroad.
The second page of President Kennedy's inaugural address, as it was actually delivered. Click on the image for a readable view.
Third page of President Kennedy's inaugural address, as it was actually delivered. Click on the image for a readable view.
President Kennedy sent the original of this letter to the widow of Major Rudolph Anderson, Jr., on the 28th of October, 1962. Anderson had been ...
This is the text of the speech which President Kennedy gave to the American people, the night of October 22, 1962. When the country tuned-in to ...
This article reports on the later years of Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris Rathbone. When they were engaged, they attended the play with the Lin...
John Quincy Adams, who represented the Amistad defendants in the Supreme Court, pondered his responsibility and expressed his thoughts in his diary. ...
When he represented the Amistad captives in the U.S. Supreme Court, John Quincy Adams personally handwrote his briefs. This image depicts one of...
Image of the signature page of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President Lyndon Johnson signed this on July 2, 1964. Click on the image for a bet...
This image depicts the fifth page of a letter which Kaiser Wilhelm II wrote to President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.
Image of U.S. President Kennedy's diary of his appointments for October 22, 1962. Click on the image for a better view.
This image depicts the first page of a letter - dated October 27, 1962 - which President Kennedy sent to Nikita Khrushchev, the USSR's leader, during ...
Image of President John F. Kennedy's October 27, 1962 letter to Nikita Khrushchev, page 2. JFK sent this letter to the Soviet leader during the ...
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