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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)

Photo: President Abraham Lincoln delivering his second inaugural address, Washington, D.C., 4 March 1865. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 36

By Melissa Berry on October 3, 2023

Melissa Berry writes about Mayflower descendant Edward Snow recounting the time his grandparents attended President Lincoln’s second inaugural address... (Read More)

Photo: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.oto: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Reaction to Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural Address

By Tony Pettinato on March 4, 2021

An article about President Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address, on 4 March 1861, as he eloquently tried to heal divisions and avert a civil war... (Read More)

Photo: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.oto: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Lincoln: ‘A House Divided against Itself Cannot Stand’

By Tony Pettinato on June 16, 2017

An article about one of Abraham Lincoln’s most important and powerful speeches: the “house divided” speech he delivered on 16 June 1858... (Read More)

Photo: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.oto: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Gettysburg Address: Abraham Lincoln’s Monumental Speech

By Tony Pettinato on November 19, 2014

An article about President Lincoln delivering the two-minute “Gettysburg Address” on 19 November 1863, one of the greatest speeches in American history... (Read More)


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