Colonel Roosevelt
This 1917 War Department photograph shows former President Theodore Roosevelt at City Hall in New York City. President Roosevelt was sometimes referred to as Colonel...
Combating terrorism
National Security Council staff members wrote this directive on combating terrorism. Vice President George H. W. Bush headed the task force.
Constitution of the United States
The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation. Because the...
Cuba, 1962
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war. While insisting that the Soviet Union...
Cuban airfields
President John F. Kennedy used this map in his Cuban Missile Crisis meetings, September 1962 to October 1962 to show aircraft locations in Cuba.
D-Day pep talk
Moments before the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division boarded their aircraft for occupied France, they were visited by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The...
Daily diary of President Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhower made this entry in his diary on August 8, 1956, about two weeks after Egypt President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, announced that the Egyptian...