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Doc of the Day: Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave a short speech (lasting no more than two minutes) at the commemoration of a cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where more than fifty-one thousand Union and Confederate soldiers had died in a battle lasting three days, from July 1 to 3, 1863. This historic battle ended General Robert [...]
19Nov2008 | mdblogger | 1 comment | Continued
Doc of the Day: Articles of Confederation
On November 15, 1777, the Second Continental Congress accepted the Articles of Confederation. The document was then sent to the states for ratification.
The Articles of Confederation, sometimes called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was the first constitution of the United States and the American colonies’ first successful attempt to form a unified government. [...]
Joan E. Cashin on Obama and Lincoln
This year is rich with historical milestones. The U.S. has elected its first African American president, which is significant, to say the least. Next year we observe the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky in 1809, and this year marks the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates during the Illinois Senate race.
President-elect [...]
Around the history blogosphere: November 13
Here are some interesting recent posts from other history blogs:
The American Presidents Blog on the history of political cartoons and their influence on presidential elections
The A. Lincoln Blog on a Lincoln photography exhibit in Washington, D.C.
The World History Blog on the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Hebrew text
The A. Lincoln Blog on a letter written by [...]
Paul Finkelman on the election of Barack Obama
[Portions of this blog appeared on Huffington Post and the African American Studies Center of Oxford University Press and are published here with permission of OUP.]
Very few presidential elections change America. The elections of 1800, 1828, 1860, and 1932 come to mind as the most obvious examples of elections that truly transformed the nation. They [...]
In the News: Barack Obama's victory speech
November 4, 2008
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around [...]
In the News: John McCain's concession speech
November 4, 2008
My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama—to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as [...]
Herb Johnson on "manuscript grubbing"
Some three decades ago I was dragged off to Disney World by my five-year-old daughter,
who wanted to sample the delights of the Magic Kingdom; even more pressing was my wife’s interest in underwater archeology. And so it was that I found myself wandering through the underwater treasure museum at Cape Canaveral, fascinated by the objects [...]
Doc of the Day: FDR's 1936 campaign address at Madison Square Garden
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s October 31, 1936, campaign speech to a cheering audience in New York City’s Madison Square Garden culminated an aggressive campaign in which the Democratic incumbent drew enormous enthusiastic crowds. The substantive issue in the campaign was whether to continue to go forward with the New Deal reforms, particularly those adopted as [...]
31Oct2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Around the history blogosphere: October 31
Here are some recent posts related to primary source documents from other history blogs:
The American Presidents Blog on Eisenhower’s political TV ads on the famous LBJ “Daisy” ad
The Edge of the American West on the Lend-Lease Act
The History Channel on Martin Luther’s 95 theses
The Edge of the American West on the National Organization for Women’s [...]
