A meeting that would lodge the authority for foreign diplomacy in the executive branch
https://werehistory.org/this-day-in-cabinet-history-presidential-power-and-diplomacy/
ill Davidson was cooking up his meager breakfast on the morning of February 21, 1862 when he heard the distinctive pop! pop! pop! of rifle fire, echoing over the sand hills. It was coming from a ...
https://werehistory.org/the-battle-of-valverde-new-mexico-february-21-1862/
"...humans needed to work with the land and its waterways, not against it."
https://werehistory.org/reversing-a-river-how-chicago-flushed-its-human-waste-downstream/
"Cole had offered a powerful message to the nation without saying a word."
https://werehistory.org/crusader-in-my-own-way-nat-king-cole-exposes-segregation-in-las-vegas/
Remembering the Boston Molasses Disaster and those who fought for justice afterward
https://werehistory.org/preventing-another-boston-molasses-disaster/
"I came to understand that our family’s experiences shaped the life of the film and vice versa."
https://werehistory.org/twenty-six-seconds-an-interview-with-alexandra-zapruder/
President Harrison ordered soldiers to South Dakota in the midst of a midterm election campaign that looked bad for his Republican party.
The Pullers are prominent reminders of the level of sacrifice some families and individuals make to serve their country.
Struggles regarding the might and meaning of the vote in American society are nothing new
https://werehistory.org/voting-rights-and-the-1866-new-orleans-massacre/
“I’d rather have a Medal of Honor than be President of the United States.” -- President Harry S Truman, 1946