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A day that will live in infamy
After Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Japan. This is...
Draft resolution to end slavery
This is a draft of a joint resolution that started in the Senate. A joint resolution is a formal opinion adopted by both houses of the legislative branch. A...
In case of failure
Drafted (and misdated) by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 5, 1944, this message was written in the event that the Allied invasion of Europe failed. Eisenhower asks...
Iraq, 1991
On January 15, 1991, President George Bush used national television to announce the commencement of the air campaign to free Kuwait. In this draft of the speech, with...
President Reagan's first State of the Union message
In his first State of the Union message, delivered on January 26, 1982, President Ronald Reagan reminded Americans that we “don't have to turn to our history books...
Washington’s copy
This is George Washington’s draft of the Constitution, showing his handwritten notes. The draft was passed on to the Committee of Style to adjust the wording. The...
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