Kennedy and Gromyko
Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko visited President John F. Kennedy on October 18, 1961. After discussing the situation in Berlin, Gromyko finally...
Kennedy's map of Cuba
President John F. Kennedy used this map during Cuban Missile Crisis meetings from September 1962 to October 1962 to show the location in Cuba of a potential missile...
“Keystone Kop”
Future president John F. Kennedy appears in this photograph dressed as a “Keystone Kop,” as his younger sister Eunice looks on. The picture was taken in...
Korea, 1950
On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. President Harry S. Truman returned to Washington, DC, from Independence, Missouri, and met with his advisors to...
Lafayette’s zeal
While at the Newburgh (NY) cantonment, General George Washington corresponded with the Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette was on leave from the army working in Europe...
Lee H. Oswald during his enlistment as a Marine
Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, worked at the book depository. He was arrested for Kennedy’s assassination on November 22. On November 24, while in police...
Let's take it from the top, Mr. President
This 1959 photograph pictures President Harry Truman playing the piano, accompanied by comedian Jack Benny on his trademark violin.