“Hair today, gone tomorrow”
During the early 1950’s, all American men were required to register for the draft, and many were called to serve. Elvis was no exception. Inducted into the Army in...
41 at 1 ½
The 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, was photographed around 1925. The father of the 43rd President, George W. Bush, was taking his first steps...
A balcony for the President
A month after the new national Government moved into New York City the Mayor of New York City wrote to Congress transmitting a resolution of the city’s Common...
A day in the life of a President
This is the February 27, 1991, entry from the daily appointment log kept by President George H.W. Bush. Presidents keep a daily log of meetings with personal...
A Day of Infamy
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s address to Congress on December 8, 1941, his famous “Day of Infamy” speech, was a call to arms. One day after the Japanese...
A farewell and a warning
On January 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave this radio and television farewell address from the White House at the end of his second term. With the Cold...
A few of the best of the West
Pictured are members of Troop C, probably of the 5th Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, Fort Grant, Arizona, in 1881. The post, designated a fort on April 5, 1879, and...