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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS . Williams College. Born Chicago.

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Joined October 2012

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  1. LBJ appeals to Congress to create Great Society, today 1965, as reported by New York Daily News:

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  2. In his State of the Union, this week 1941, FDR called for a world based on the "Four Freedoms," which would be the “very antithesis” of a world dominated by dictators:

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  3. Jan 3

    Tony Bennett with RFK and Cary Grant:

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  4. Jan 3

    Marchers for women’s voting rights on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, 1913:

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  5. Jan 3

    Joe Cannon sworn in as Speaker in House of Representatives Chamber, 1905:

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  6. Jan 3

    Powerful House Speaker Joe Cannon in 1922:

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  7. Jan 3

    U.S. House of Representatives chamber, about 1865, at end of Civil War and time of Lincoln’s assassination:

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  8. Jan 3

    One of earliest photographs of U.S. Capitol — 1846:

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  9. Jan 3

    Nancy Pelosi with JFK:

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  10. Jan 3

    LBJ this week 1956 kisses Sam Rayburn, who ultimately served the most years as Speaker of the House (17):

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  11. Jan 3

    Captain and Tennille sang “Muskrat Love” for Queen Elizabeth II at Gerald Ford White House dinner, 1976:

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  12. Jan 2

    Nixon and aides think up new names for Space Shuttle, this week 1972:

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  13. Jan 2

    Alaska became a state 60 years ago tomorrow:

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  14. Jan 2

    JFK's handwritten notes for announcement for President in Senate Caucus Room (on stationery from his father’s house in Palm Beach), today 1960:

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  15. Jan 1

    Nancy Reagan, Pat Nixon, President-elect Nixon and Governor Reagan at Rose Bowl, a half-century ago today:

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  16. Jan 1

    Andrew Jackson, replica of bust by Ferdinand Pettrich:

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  17. Jan 1

    George Washington (bust by Houdon, about 1786):

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  18. Jan 1

    Eleanor Roosevelt, painted by Bernard Frydrystak (detail, 1944-1946):

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  19. Jan 1

    Asked what kind of government the Founders had provided, Benjamin Franklin said, “A Republic, if you can keep it” (closeup detail of portrait by Joseph Duplessis in National Portrait Gallery):

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  20. Jan 1

    “The Four Justices,” painted by Nelson Shanks::

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