Message from the International Working Men’s Association
The International Working Men’s Association congratulated Lincoln on his re-election in 1864. Among the signatures—Karl Marx.
My Colonel
In 1947, two years after the end of World War II, Henri Berger wrote to American Colonel William Bray for help. Mr. Berger's parents were killed at the Auschwitz...
Nixon resigns
Facing impeachment and removal from office, President Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. Four days earlier Nixon released three tapes that implicated him in...
"No laughing matter"
In 1964, the Department of Labor, in an effort to protect American jobs, instituted restrictions to make it harder for foreign musicians to enter the country. The...
One gun and a ram
The CSS Manassas, a one-gun Confederate ironclad ram, rammed the USS Richmond at the Head of Passes at the mouth of the Mississippi River on October 12,...
“Our poor, neglected and battered Constitution”
George M. Montross of Detroit wrote to Congressman Emanuel Celler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in opposition to granting the vote to 18-year-olds. He...
Petitioning to vote
On March 6, 1965, police attacked a peaceful march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. Sixty African Americans were hospitalized. On March 15 President Johnson...