Americans with disabilities
This is President George H. W. Bush's speaking copy of the remarks he delivered at the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990.
An Act to Establish a National Wilderness Preservation System
Also known as the Wilderness Act, this 1964 law provides for a National Wilderness Preservation System to ensure that wilderness lands will be protected in their...
Anchors away
This 1820 passport signed by the President James Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, allowed U.S. owned ships to sail the Mediterranean Sea without fear...
Appeal to the President
In this letter, Cpl. James H. Gooding complained to President Abraham Lincoln about the unequal pay situation. He argued that the men of the 54th Massachusetts did...
Black officers for black soldiers
Frederick Douglass and his son Lewis, the former sergeant major of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, were among the 200 men who signed this petition to...
Braille Letter from John Beaulieu
In 1956 President Dwight D. Eisenhower was running for re-election. The author of this letter writes in Braille from the oldest school for the blind in the world. To...
Burial at Arlington National Cemetery
In 1950, the body of Sergeant First Class John Rice was brought back from Korea for burial. Rice’s wife had purchased a gravesite near her home, but when cemetery...