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...
Desert Shield Marine writes President George H.W. Bush
20-year-old Marine Lance Corporal Eric Colton of Oregon wrote to President George H.W. Bush towards the end of the Operation Desert Shield in February, 1991, and...
Finding a Vice President
This letter from House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to President Richard Nixon lists Ford's recommendations to fill the Vice Presidential vacancy. President Nixon...
From Eisenhower to Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote this letter to his brother on November 8, 1954, describing his views on the Supreme Court.
Fulfilling the determination of the Court
Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold was court-martialed in January 1780 and convicted of two minor infractions. Gen. George Washington wrote this letter to Samuel Huntington,...
Geneva, 1985
President Ronald Reagan handwrote this letter on November 28, 1985. In it, he expresses his desire for a more constructive relationship to Mikhail Gorbachev, General...
"Give the boys a chance"
1934 found this country in the middle of the Great Depression. The competition for jobs was so fierce that some demanded women leave their jobs so that unemployed men...