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People Archives:U.S. Presidents

Photo of James Michael Curley bending the ear of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

Tweet! Jailbird Politicians, An American Staple

by Richard Brookhiser9/20/20239/20/2023

A short history of men who won elections while they were behind bars.

heinrich-himmler-russian-pow-camp-ww2

Most POWs Want to Go Home—But After World War II, Some Faced Death on Arrival

by John A. Haymond9/18/20239/19/2023
This 1772 portrait of then Colonel George Washington—the earliest known depiction of the future president.

Clothes May Not Make the Man, But These Commanders’ Personal Effects Are Instantly Recognizable

by Jon Guttman9/8/20237/25/2023
Dr. Colleen Shogan behind display case

Emancipation Proclamation, One of America’s Most Important Documents, On Display 

by Melissa A. Winn8/31/20238/4/2023
Painting of the battle of Lundy’s Lane, Canada, 1814.

In 1814 the British Stymied an American Attempt to Invade Canada. They Were Stopped at Lundy’s Lane.

by William John Shepherd8/25/20238/25/2023
merrills-marauders-burma

Glamorized by Hollywood, Merrill’s Marauders Faced a Brutal Reality in Burma

by Gavin Mortimer8/21/20238/21/2023
John Nicolay and John Hay with President Lincoln

Why Did Lincoln’s Right-Hand Men Call Him the ‘Tycoon’?

by Gary W. Gallagher8/17/20238/17/2023
Ambrose Stevens gravesite

With This Union Soldier’s Death the NYT Claimed That ‘some most interesting chapters of the unwritten and secret history of the War’ Had Died With Him

by Frank Jastrzembski8/4/20238/4/2023
Grant in camp at Cold Harbor

‘Soldier of Destiny’: A Detailed View of Grant as an Evolving Soul

by Dave Kindy8/3/20238/3/2023
Texas Civil War Museum

The Texas Civil War Museum Lowers Its Flag

by Donald L. Barnhart Jr.7/24/20237/20/2023

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