Topic: United States

John Kennedy gave one of the most inspiring inaugural addresses in American history . His Vice President, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in soon after his death. President Johnson wasted little time in telling the Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that he had ...
This paper sets out to explain the politics of Louis McLane[1], especially in regard to his views on the Election of 1824, a four-way election between John Quincy Adams[2], Andrew Jackson [3], William H. Crawford[4], and Henry Clay[5], terminating with a " ...
The Great Depression followed the 'Wall Street Crash' in October 1929 and plunged the industrial nations of the world into spiral of increasing unemployment, reduced spending power, failing banks and businesses and yet more unemployment. In the USA, as elsewhere, economics was ...

Biography: Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover was born in 1874 in Iowa to a Quaker family, and went on to become the 31st President of the United States of America. When the First World War started, Hoover led an effort to return American citizens who were ...

Biography: Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon was sworn in on 20 January 1969, as the 37th President of the United States of America. Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California on 9 January 1913, to Francis and Hannah Milhous Nixon. Nixon's rise to notoriety was ...
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (CVN69) The second Nimitz class aircraft carrier, USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69) was laid down on August 15th 1970. USS Dwight D Eisenhower was relieved by USS Independence on 8th December USS Dwight D Eisenhower remained at sea for ...

The legacy of Harry Truman

On April 12,1945 Harry S.Truman received an urgent call from FDR's widow, Eleanor Roosevelt. Harry Truman is the only president in U.S.history to have only a high school education. Harry Truman had his first military experience from 1905-11 when he served in ...
Millard Fillmore was stepping down as the thirteenth President of the United States, and Franklin Pierce was sworn in as the 14th president. The Crimean War raged in Europe and the US flag had 31 stars ( 1853 U.S. flag ). While ...
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the " The first war that members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts fought in was the American Revolution . Four Honorary Members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company ...
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States. Taft was known as a statesman and humanitarian and in 1890 he was appointed Solictor General of the United States. From 1891-1900 he was a judge of the United States circuit ...