Washington honors Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, a private citizen, living at his home, Monticello, in Virginia, wrote to President George Washington on February 14, 1790. In his letter, Jefferson...
What will the New Year bring?
In late 1990, President George H. W. Bush wrote this letter to his children sharing some of his thoughts about the impending war in the Persian Gulf.
Words of caution
On January 28, 1986, at 11:30, A.M. just one minute after lift off, the Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew were destroyed in an explosion. Not long after the...
Working late
This photograph shows Miss G.E. Mitchell, a secretary to Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. of Delaware working late to send out the Senator’s correspondence. The...