Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
William Bradford's book is a first-hand account of the Leyden Pilgrims' journey to America. It is a story of faith and adventure. It provi...
On the 7th of October, 2001, America and Britain launched an attack on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan - as a response to the events of September 11.&n...
The United States drafted soldiers during World War I. This is an example of a "selective service" letter which young men received when they wer...
Image of the declassified Top-Secret Order, dated November 20, 1962, to suspend the quarrantine surrounding the island of Cuba. Click on the image fo...
Click on image for an expanded view. Exhibiting Washington’s first inaugural speech online, the Library of Congress notes: Keenly aware of t...
566 CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION PEARL HARBOR ATTACK[1095] TESTIMONY OF LT. COL KERMIT A. TYLER, AIR CORPS, ORLANDO, FLA., ARMY AIR FORCE BOARD(The wit...
Facsimilie of Susan B. Anthony's Petition to the Senate of the United States - For the Protection of Women. Click on the image for a better view.
In 1865, a group of women petitioned the United States Congress to do something about female suffrage. This image depicts the original document which...
Sermons, like this one from clergy like Abraham Keteltas, supported colonial revolutionary ideas by saying that God and Biblical authority backed thei...
Image of President Johnson's daily diary, for the 4th of August 1964, page 3. Click on the image for a better view.
Image of President Johnson's daily diary, for the 4th of August 1964, page 11. Click on the image for a better view.
This facsimile document contains the second page of President Johnson's July 28, 1964 press-conference address. He entitled his remarks: "...
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