I always laugh whenever I look at pictures of all the living presidents together
They look like they’re posing for awkward school photos, they’re all standing so close together except for Jimmy who’s kinda off to the side, and the younger George Bush keeps awkwardly staring at his dad and Obama.
“On January 4, 1965, in his State of the Union address, President Lyndon Baines Johnson lays out for Congress a laundry list of legislation needed to achieve his plan for a Great Society. On the heels of John F. Kennedy’s tragic death, Americans had elected Johnson, his vice president, to the presidency by the largest popular vote in the nation’s history. Johnson used this mandate to push for improvements he believed would better Americans’ quality of life.
Following Johnson’s lead, Congress enacted sweeping legislation in the areas of civil rights, health care, education and the environment. The 1965 State of the Union address heralded the creation of Medicare/Medicaid, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the White House Conference on Natural Beauty. Johnson also signed the National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities Act, out of which emerged the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through the Economic Opportunity Act, Johnson fought a War on Poverty by implementing improvements in early childhood education and fair employment policies. He was also a strong advocate for conservation, proposing the creation of a green legacy through preserving natural areas, open spaces and shorelines and building more urban parks. In addition, Johnson stepped up research and legislation regarding air- and water-pollution control measures.
Under Kennedy, then-Vice President Johnson led the government’s quest to develop American excellence in the sciences. As president, the ongoing technology race with the Soviet Union spurred Johnson to continue the vigorous national program of space exploration begun by Kennedy. During Johnson’s presidency, the National Air and Space Administration (NASA) achieved the extraordinary and unprecedented accomplishment of orbiting a man around the moon.
Though many of Johnson’s programs remain in place today, his legacy of a Great Society has been largely overshadowed by his decision to involve greater numbers of American soldiers in the controversial Vietnam War.”
January 3, 1959 - Alaska becomes 49th state January 4, 1896 - Utah enters the Union January 5, 1933 - Golden Gate Bridge is born January 6, 1938 - Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph January 7, 1789 - First United States presidential election January 8, 1815 - The Battle of New Orleans January 9, 1768 - First modern circus is staged
“On March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States. In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside the east wing of the U.S. Capitol, Roosevelt outlined his “New Deal”–an expansion of the federal government as an instrument of employment opportunity and welfare–and told Americans that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Although it was a rainy day in Washington, and gusts of rain blew over Roosevelt as he spoke, he delivered a speech that radiated optimism and competence, and a broad majority of Americans united behind their new president and his radical economic proposals to lead the nation out of the Great Depression.
Born into an upper-class family in Hyde Park, New York, in 1882, Roosevelt was the fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, who served as the 26th U.S. president from 1901 to 1909. In 1905, Franklin Roosevelt, who was at the time a student at Columbia University Law School, married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, the niece of Theodore Roosevelt. After three years as a lawyer, he decided to follow his cousin Theodore’s lead and sought public office, winning election to the New York State Senate in 1910 as a Democrat. He soon won a reputation as a charismatic politician dedicated to social and economic reform.
Roosevelt supported the progressive New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, and after Wilson’s election in 1912 Roosevelt was appointed assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy, a post that Theodore Roosevelt once held. In 1920, Roosevelt, who had proved himself a gifted administrator, won the Democratic nomination for vice president on a ticket with James Cox. The Democrats lost in a landslide to Republicans Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, and Roosevelt returned to his law practice and undertook several business ventures.
In 1921, he was stricken with poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. He spent several years recovering from what was at first nearly total paralysis, and his wife, Eleanor, kept his name alive in Democratic circles. He never fully recovered and was forced to use braces or a wheelchair to move around for the rest of his life.
In 1924, Roosevelt returned to politics when he nominated New York Governor Alfred E. Smith for the presidency with a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention. In 1928, he again nominated Smith, and the outgoing New York governor urged Roosevelt to run for his gubernatorial seat. Roosevelt campaigned across the state by automobile and was elected even as the state voted for Republican Herbert Hoover in the presidential election.
As governor, Roosevelt worked for tax relief for farmers and in 1930 won a resounding electoral victory just as the economic recession brought on by the October 1929 stock market crash was turning into a major depression. During his second term, Governor Roosevelt mobilized the state government to play an active role in providing relief and spurring economic recovery. His aggressive approach to the economic crisis, coupled with his obvious political abilities, gave him the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932.
Roosevelt had no trouble defeating President Herbert Hoover, who many blamed for the Depression, and the governor carried all but six states. During the next four months, the economy continued to decline, and when Roosevelt took office on March 4, 1933, most banks were closed, farms were suffering, 13 million workers were unemployed, and industrial production stood at just over half its 1929 level.
Aided by a Democratic Congress, Roosevelt took prompt, decisive action, and most of his New Deal proposals, such as the Agricultural Adjustment Act, National Industrial Recovery Act, and creation of the Public Works Administration and Tennessee Valley Authority, were approved within his first 100 days in office. Although criticized by many in the business community, Roosevelt’s progressive legislation improved America’s economic climate, and in 1936 he easily won reelection.
During his second term, he became increasingly concerned with German and Japanese aggression and so began a long campaign to awaken America from its isolationist slumber. In 1940, with World War II raging in Europe and the Pacific, Roosevelt agreed to run for an unprecedented third term. Reelected by Americans who valued his strong leadership, he proved a highly effective commander in chief after the December 1941 U.S. entrance into the war. Under Roosevelt’s guidance, America became, in his own words, the “great arsenal of democracy” and succeeded in shifting the balance of power in World War II firmly in the Allies’ favor. In 1944, with the war not yet won, he was reelected to a fourth term.
Three months after his inauguration, while resting at his retreat at Warm Springs, Georgia, Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Following a solemn parade of his coffin through the streets of the nation’s capital, his body was buried in a family plot in Hyde Park. Millions of Americans mourned the death of the man who led the United States through two of the greatest crises of the 20th century: the Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt’s unparalleled 13 years as president led to the passing of the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which limited future presidents to a maximum of two consecutive elected terms in office.”
This week in History: March 1, 1961 - Peace Corps established March 2, 1904 - Dr. Seuss born March 3, 1931 - “The Star-Spangled Banner” becomes official national anthem March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln inaugurated March 5, 1963 - Hula-Hoop patented March 6, 1820 - Monroe signs the Missouri Compromise March 7, 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
This sheet of music of the Franklin D. Roosevelt March (played at his inauguration) can be found in the online collection of the Kentucky Historical Society.
Caroline visits her father in the Oval Office before she goes upstairs to school, which her mother started in the White House solarium for the children of administration officials, October 10, 1963.
"Kennedy disliked photos that showed any public display of affection. ‘Once in New York City he was greeted at the airport by Jack, who kissed him on arrival, but we missed the photo because of a lot of maneuvering on Kennedy’s part. He was supposed to get off the front of the plane but instead he ran out the back where he met Jackie and kissed her quickly. We all made a mad dash and started screaming, 'Kiss her again, Senator.’ 'C'mon, Mrs. Kennedy. Hug him.’ 'Senator, we need a kiss!’ JFK looked at us and smiled. 'You’re sure an affectionate group of photographers.’“
"Even after his inaugural address Kennedy did not kiss his wife, which is why she later told Stanley she loved the photograph he had taken of the them in a convertible returning from Blair House to the White House. The picture shows the President reaching over to tenderly brush hair out of her face. 'It’s my favorite picture of the two of us,’ she said, 'because it shows such great affection.’”
“Stanley recollected that as a candidate 'Kennedy will not pose for any picture which he thinks smacks of corn. As his good friend Joe Alsop says, 'Two things make him nervous–nuns and silly hats.’”
Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys
New Arrivals: An attractive copy of MCKINLEY’S ASSASSINATION FROM THE ANARCHIST PERSPECTIVE (ca.1907), by Voltairine De Cleyre.
Brief essay on the mental and moral nature of both William McKinley and his assassin Leon Czolgosz, asking the question: “who was the martyr: McKinley or Czolgosz?”. Separate edition of an essay which originally appeared in the October, 1907 issue of Mother Earth. This is presumably the same leaflet that is noted by detective Louis Dolmas as having been distributed at a Boston lecture by Emma Goldman, titled “Direct Action as the Logical Tactic of Anarchism,” in November of 1907 (see Falk, Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, v.1 p.258). Rare.
1948.05.10 : 제헌국회 (제헌 = establishment of a constitution, 국회 (national assembly)
07.17 제헌절 (Constitution day)
08.15 : 대한민국 정부 수립
1960.03.15 : 자유당(liberal party) 장기 집권(long-term seizure of power)을 위해 대통령 선거에서 개표(vote)를 조작(manipulation)한 것에 반발(opposition)한 시민들의 시위
04.19 : 혁명(revolution)으로 인해 결국 이승만 대통령(1948-1960)은 대통령직에서 물러났다(withdraw). 이다음은 박정희 대통령(1963-1979).
1980.05.18 : 민주화운동은 광주시민이 중심이 되어 전개(develop, spread)한 것으로 군인들이 정치에서 물러날 것과 민주정부를 수립할 것 등을 요구했다. (전두환 대통령 1980-1988)
1987.06 : 항쟁(resistance)은 시민들의 시위가 점국으로 확산(spread)되었고 결국 직선제(direct election system) 개헌(constitutional amendment)이 이루어졌다. 행정부의 권력과 국회의 권력이 이전보다 균형을 이루게 됐다.
Grain-Free Day - Often someone who cannot have wheat, corn, or rice due to an allergy or another autoimmune disease finds themselves eating celery sticks at the latest family gathering or office party. But what we truly miss are the traditional family meals and feeling included. The celebration sets out to create an entire day full of meals entirely grain-free. Friends and family join in the festive atmosphere and enjoy the delicious aromas of the recipes the menu has to offer. Create a memorable spread and don’t leave out the dessert!
International Mother Language Day - A mother language is the first language that someone speaks. A person’s mother language helps to define a person’s identity. Some think of their mother language as a thing of great beauty. This is especially true if they live in an area where their mother language is not spoken. For them, their mother language is a way to stay connected to their homeland and their culture. Unfortunately, a mother language disappears every two weeks. When this happens, an entire cultural heritage disappears along with it. Out of the 6,000 languages in the world, 43 percent of them are endangered.
Presidents Day - The day takes place during the birth month of the country’s two most prominent presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. While the day once only honored President George Washington on his birthday, February 22nd, the day now never lands on a single president’s birthday. Across the country, most Americans know the day as Presidents Day. More and more of the population celebrates the day to honor all of the past United States Presidents who have served the country.
Sticky Bun Day - Known as “schnecken” meaning snail, the sticky bun is rolled into a sweet spiral resembling its German name. Still considered to be a Pennsylvania specialty, many believed the sticky bun’s origin in the United States began in the 19th century. German settlers brought their baking traditions with them when they began settling in and around Philadelphia. Most often served for breakfast or as a dessert, sticky buns consist of rolled pieces of leavened dough. Most contain brown sugar and sometimes cinnamon. Before the dough is placed in the pan, the pan is lined with sticky sweet ingredients such as maple syrup, honey, nuts, sugar, and butter. When the buns are finished baking, the baker flips the pan upside-down so the sticky bottom becomes the topping.
October 27, 1858: President Theodore Roosevelt Is Born
On this day in 1858, Teddy Roosevelt was born in New York City.
Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were the most prominent members of one of the most important families in American history. Theodore and Franklin occupied the White House for nineteen of the first forty-five years of the twentieth century, years during which much of the modern world – and the modern state – was created. They shared an unfeigned love for people and politics and a willingness to defy class prejudices to help create a true democracy of equal opportunity.
Along with Eleanor, Theodore’s best-loved niece and Franklin’s wife, all three overcame personal obstacles as they independently – and collectively – transformed the model of a nation’s responsibility to its citizens and the wider world.
“Do presidents ever feel bad for having so much stuff at Christmas when some people have nothing?”
Last week, students from a 6th grade Social Studies class in Texas took to Twitter to ask us about Christmas at the White House. The question above merited a longer response than 280 characters, and Corey Carr, Museum Technician at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, found an example from Christmastime in 1980. Here is his response to the students at Krueger Middle School:
It is easy to imagine that Presidents do feel sorrow for having such abundance when others have so little. Some run for office simply to improve the lives of others. Some Presidents, such as Jimmy Carter, the 39th President, had humble beginnings. President Carter, like other Presidents, recognized this disparity and used their authority and power to ease the suffering of others. He spoke about his humble beginnings just before lighting the White House Christmas tree in 1980: “My background is as a farmer and farmers have to have a lot of faith in order to keep on every year, planting a crop, not having control over what’s going to happen next.“
During this speech many Americans were being held hostage in Iran and subsequently were separated from their families during the holiday. President Carter recognized the hostages when he asked their families if they wished all the tree lights turned on or just the single Star of Hope on top of the White House tree. The families responded by saying they wanted to wait until all the hostages were home before the main lights of the tree were lit. In the meantime the hostage’s families wished simply for the Star of Hope to burn brightly until their loved ones safe return.
Whether it is securing peace in the Middle East or eradicating disease in Africa, Jimmy Carter is an example of how someone from humble beginnings can better their lives and chose to then use their success in service of others. He understands that the real meaning of Christmas and life itself is not objects but rather people. Helping others, spending time together with loved ones, recalling fond times, and making new memories are what is important. Jimmy Carter epitomized this sentiment once by saying:
"I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference."
This Christmas let us understand that we all have the power to make a positive change, however small, in the lives of others whatever our circumstances. That is the greatest gift we can offer ourselves and the world. What can you do for others?
Image: President Jimmy Carter at the Christmas Pageant of Peace, 12/18/80.
This menorah dates back to at least 1767, when it was donated to a synagogue in Buergel, Germany. The menorah was used in the synagogue until 1913, when it was found broken in pieces. A man by the name of Siegfried Guggenheim asked for the broken pieces and provided a replacement. The Guggenheim family restored the old menorah for their personal use, and brought it to the United States when they immigrated in the 1930s. Eventually, the menorah was acquired by the Jewish Museum in New York.
When Prime Minister Ben-Gurion visited the United States in 1951, he searched for a suitable gift to give to Harry S. Truman in light of the President’s recognition and support of the State of Israel. The Jewish Museum suggested the menorah, and Prime Minister Ben-Gurion presented it to Truman on his birthday, May 8, 1951. It is now among the gifts from heads of state at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum.
In 2008, the menorah that was given to Harry S. Truman from David Ben-Gurion returned to the White House to be lit in a Hanukkah ceremony. Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Truman, and Yariv Ben-Eliezer, grandson of Prime Minister Ben-Guiron, participated in the lighting. The George W. Bush Administration borrowed the menorah from the Truman Library.
Happy Hanukkah!
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Menorah presented to Harry S. Truman by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel on 5/8/51.
David Ben-Gurion, Israeli Prime Minister, and Abba Eban, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, present Harry S. Truman with a menorah in the White House. 5/8/51.
Yariv Ben-Eliezer, grandson of David Ben-Gurion, and Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of Harry S. Truman, light the menorah for the annual White House Hanukkah Reception. 12/15/08.
The President has also ordered that all remaining records governed by section 5 of the JFK Act be released, and thus additional records will be released subject to redactions recommended by the executive offices and agencies. NARA will process these records for release as soon as possible on a rolling basis.
Today in History: The First Televised Presidential Debate
During the 1960 Presidential campaign, JFK challenged Nixon to a series of debates before a live television audience. Knowing that he was the front-runner, Nixon’s advisers cautioned him against accepting. Nixon was confident of his debating skills though and agreed. Approximately 70 million Americans watched on the night of September 26. JFK spoke directly to the cameras and the national audience. Nixon, in traditional debating style, appeared to be responding to JFK.
Studies would later show that of the four million voters who made up their minds as a result of the debates, three million voted for Kennedy. Nixon seemed much more poised and relaxed in the three subsequent debates, but it was the first encounter that reshaped the election.
Today’s JFK100 post features President and Jacqueline Kennedy’s trip to Mexico in late June, 1962. About 1.5 million people lined the streets to watch JFK’s motorcade, and a blizzard of confetti showered them as they made their way through the city. In a message sent to President López Mateos after the trip, JFK wrote, “I came to meet a president and statesman, I have left him as a friend. ¡Viva México!”
JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy with Ballet Folklorico dancers at the National Institute of Fine Arts; in Mexico City with the President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos, on the front steps of Los Pinos, the official residence of the President of Mexico; JFK’s motorcade to Los Pinos; Jacqueline Kennedy delivered a speech in Spanish at the Hotel Maria Isabel; Mexico City. 6/30/1962.
JFK grew up in a household devoted to athletic activity. He swam and played golf and football for the junior varsity at Harvard and tried his hand at boxing.
In later years, he remained an accomplished golfer and, despite chronic back pain, he continued to enjoy football, tennis, and softball with family and friends, and to sail Victura, his 26-foot sloop in the Nantucket Sound.
As President, JFK challenged the nation to become more active. He challenged the Marines to walk 50 miles in 20 hours, and high school students to earn awards from the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.
Here’s a clip of JFK playing football at the Kennedy family home in Hyannisport, from home movie footage taken by friend Paul Fay. Video from the JFK Library.
We’re celebrating the centennial of JFK’s birth throughout 2017 and this month’s #JFK100 theme is “candid photos.”Join us for more JFK100 every week!
Remember sharing a pot of coffee with your coworkers? Deputy Chief of Staff Dick Cheney wrote this memo to Staff Secretary Jim Connor in October 1975, wanting to know why the bill for Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld’s office had been over $100 the previous month. Connor’s handwritten note succinctly sums up why it was so high: “They are drinking too much coffee and have too many people drinking it!”
The White House Mess records showed that the bill covered 200 pots of coffee, meaning that the nine staff members and their guests had consumed about 50 pots per week in September.
Image: Memorandum from Dick Cheney to Jim Connor Regarding the Coffee Bill for White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld’s Office, 10/20/1975 (National Archives Identifier 16637889)
We are sad to mark the passing of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens earlier this week at age 99. He was the third longest serving justice at the time of his retirement in June 2010, just under 35 years after President Ford appointed him to the Supreme Court.
Born in Chicago, Stevens graduated from the University of Chicago in 1941. He served in the Navy during World War II as an intelligence officer in the Pacific Theater. After the war he attended Northwestern University School of Law and graduated first in his class. Stevens then served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge before entering private practice. He worked for law firms in the Chicago area, including one he helped form, for many years, dealing mostly with litigation and antitrust law. Additionally, he taught law classes part time and gained experience serving as counsel on Federal committees.
Stevens became a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in October 1970. He served in that capacity until November 1975 when President Ford nominated him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the retirement of Justice William O. Douglass. “Judge Stevens is held in the highest esteem by his colleagues in the legal profession and the Judiciary and has had an outstanding career in the practice and the teaching of law as well as on the Federal Bench,” President Ford said in his nomination remarks. “I am confident that he will bring both professional and personal qualities of the highest order to the Supreme Court.”
The Senate quickly confirmed Stevens with a vote of 98-0 and he took his seat on the bench on December 19, 1975. Although he was registered as a Republican when he was appointed, over time he became viewed as part of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court. President Ford never regretted nominating Stevens. “He has served his nation well, at all times carrying out his judicial duties with dignity, intellect, and without partisan political concerns. Justice Stevens has made me, and our fellow citizens, proud of my three decade old decision to appoint him to the Supreme Court,” President Ford wrote in a letter honoring Justice Stevens in 2005. Stevens received a copy of the letter, which he reportedly displayed in his Supreme Court chambers.
Images: President Gerald Ford, Chief Justice Warren Burger, and John Paul Stevens at the U.S. Supreme Court Building for the Swearing-in of Stevens as an Associate Justice, 12/19/1975 (National Archives Identifier 6926435)
Letter from President Gerald R. Ford to Dean William Michael Treanor regarding Justice John Paul Stevens, 30 Years on the Supreme Court, 9/21/2005, from the Ford Post Presidential Office Files, Box A544, folder “Correspondence File, 2005 [To-Tu]”
Letter from Justice John Paul Stevens to President Gerald R. Ford, 10/11/2005, from the Gerald and Betty Ford Special Materials, Box A10, folder “Stevens, John Paul”
Previously unseen home movie footage of FDR’s adapted walk
Franklin D. Roosevelt was paralyzed by polio at the age of 39. He devised a method of “walking” where he used a cane and the arm of a companion for balance. During his Presidency, the press was told not to film his disability. The FDR Presidential Library recently received footage of the 1935 White House Easter Egg Roll from a family in Nevada. Historian Geoffrey C. Ward believes it’s “the most vivid glimpse we’ve yet had” of FDR’s adapted walk. Find out the story behind the rare film.
On this day, June 18, 1979, President Jimmy Carter and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. in Vienna.
The SALT II Treaty established clear rules and limits on nuclear weapons. Although SALT II did not end the arms race, the treaty and its protocol:
Limited the number of strategic nuclear delivery systems (bombers and missile launchers) after January 1, 1981.
Restricted the number of warheads that could be put on each ICBM and SLBM.
Banned the deployment of mobile ICBMs or the flight testing of ICBMs from mobile launchers.
Limited the range of land or sea-based cruise missiles, and
Banned the testing or deployment of Air to Surface Ballistic Missiles.
Though the Treaty had been signed, it still had to be ratified by a 2/3 majority in the Senate. On June 22, the SALT II Treaty was submitted by the President to the Senate for debate. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved ratification of the Treaty, but the USSR invaded Afghanistan before it could be voted on by the full Senate.
In January 1980, President Carter asked the Senate to delay ratification until the US responded to the invasion. Although the treaty was never ratified, both sides agreed to honor its terms until it would have expired December 31, 1985.
Images: Carter and Brezhnev at the Vienna Summit. 6/15/79; Signing the SALT II Treaty on 6/18/79.
How did George Washington’s Birthday become a holiday?
George Washington’s Birthday is celebrated as a federal holiday on the third Monday in February. It is one of eleven permanent holidays established by Congress. Contrary to popular belief, neither Congress nor the President has ever stipulated that the name of the holiday observed as Washington’s Birthday be changed to “President’s Day.”
George Washington was born in Virginia on February 11, 1731, according to the then-used Julian calendar. In 1752, however, Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar which moved Washington’s birthday a year and 11 days to February 22, 1732.
Washington’s Birthday was celebrated on February 22nd until well into the 20th Century. However, in 1968 Congress passed the Monday Holiday Law to “provide uniform annual observances of certain legal public holidays on Mondays.” By creating more 3-day weekends, Congress hoped to “bring substantial benefits to both the spiritual and economic life of the Nation.” Read More
“America’s mountains, prairies, woodlands, and waterways are natural wonders of breathtaking beauty, and they provide resources for trade and transportation, human welfare and recreation. These resources are not ours to abuse. We hold them in trust for posterity,” President Ford said in his proclamation designating April 22-28, 1976, as Earth Week. “Our environment is the responsibility not only of government and business, but it must also be a matter of daily concern to every American.”
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Booth was a Confederate sympathizer and assassinated Lincoln in hopes of sending the U.S government into turmoil.
He also plotted the assassination of the vice president Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward. However those assassinations were unsuccessful.
Lincoln died officially the next morning at 7:22 a.m, at age 56.
February 22, 1732: America’s first president, George Washington, is born. Washington’s parents were concerned about young George’s future when his first words were, “Don’t touch me.”
