Defending Washington
The threat of an attack on Washington, DC, during World War II, forced Lt. Col. C.L. Adcock to prepare to conduct rescue work at the White House. Adcock suggested...
Financing Louisiana…
In 1803, representatives from the United States agreed to pay $15 million to purchase 828,000 square miles of land from France. Cash-poor France, preparing for war...
Ike talks about Suez
At 7 p.m. on October 31, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the nation on international affairs. After discussing Soviet intervention in Hungary, he...
In defense of Maine
Following the arrest by British authorities of a state official performing his duties in the contested area of northern Maine, the state’s Adjutant General, A.B....
Mapping the negotiation
During the negotiations to end the Revolutionary War, all sides used a copy of the so-called Mitchell map. The red lines marked on the map were the agreed-upon...
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
This photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was taken on August 3, 1956. Speaking at the Oval Office in the White...
Telegram decoded
In January 1917 the United States was neutral in the European War that would eventually be called World War I. An intercepted telegram between Germany and Mexico...