This eloquent speech was given on the floor of the House of Representatives by Representative Richard Gephardt of Missouri, the House Democratic leade...
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On Tuesday, November 7, 2000, a presidential election was held featuring Democratic candidate, Vice President Al Gore, versus Republican candidate, Ge...
Following the Boston Tea Party, Dec. 16, 1773, in which American Colonists dumped 342 containers of tea into the Boston harbor, the British Parliament...
This remarkable speech was delivered during an "I am an American" day meeting in New York's Central Park by Harold Ickes, President Fran...
In this very eloquent speech to the full Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson used the phrase "we shall overcome," borrowed from African-Am...
President Johnson speaking from the Oval Office.On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned the world with his surprise announcement that h...
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce (1840?-1904) was known to his people as "Thunder Traveling to the Loftier Mountain Heights." He led his people...
On a frigid Winter's day, January 20, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of office as the 35th President of the United States. At age 43,...
In this 1962 speech given at Rice University in Houston, Texas, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed America's commitment to landing a man on the ...