U.S. President History
1776 - The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America.
1826 - The second president of the United States, John Adams, died.
1826 - The third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, died.
1831 - The fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, died.
1861 - U.S. President Lincoln, in a speech to Congress, stated the war is..."a People's contest... a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men..."
1966 - U.S. President Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, which went into effect the following year.
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The American Patriot's Almanac: Daily Readings on America (Hardcover) by William J. Bennett (Author) and John Cribb (Author)
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I): From the Age of Discovery to a World at War
by William J. Bennett
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II): From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom
by William J. Bennett