Photo: “Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy” poster displayed in Defense Square, Washington, D.C., for a month beginning 7 November 1941. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 30, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Photo: Chrysler Motor Car Company tank plant in April 1941. Credit: Detroit Free Library.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 27, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Illustration: the first American Labor parade held in New York City on 5 September 1882 as it appeared in Frank Leslie’s Weekly Illustrated Newspaper’s 16 September 1882 issue. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Labor Day & Our Ancestors

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on September 2, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about the holiday we’re about to celebrate: Labor Day. .. (Read More)

Obituaries – From Annual Reports – Congress has chartered many national associations – among them the American Instructors of the Deaf.

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 19, 2009

Congress has chartered many national associations – among them the American Instructors of the Deaf. Their annual reports routinely included details about the schools for the deaf and their faculty. GenealogyBank has the back file of these reports. Here are the obituaries that appeared in the 1908 report. Deem, Charles S. (1861-1908). Jackson, Mississippi.... (Read More)

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