Decision to run for a second term
President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the nation at 10 p.m. on February 29, 1956, regarding his decision to run for a second term. He discussed his health in light...
Declaration of war
After Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress and gave his famous “Day of Infamy”...
Declaring war on Japan
This is a transcript of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Message to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Japan. Roosevelt delivered the address to a...
“Deep and sincere congratulations”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote to the President of the U.S. Senate, Vice-President John N. Garner, on August 24, 1935. Roosevelt asks Garner to thank the...
Deng Xiaoping in America
In 1949, the Communist Party seized power in China, and in response, the United States severed diplomatic relations. Thirty years later, the United States resumed...
Desert Shield Marine writes President George H.W. Bush
20-year-old Marine Lance Corporal Eric Colton of Oregon wrote to President George H.W. Bush towards the end of the Operation Desert Shield in February, 1991, and...
Diagram of the single-bullet theory
As the President’s vehicle turned in front of the Texas School Book Depository shots rang out. Many theories exist surrounding how many bullets were fired and the...