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1. GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) 1789-1797
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16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865), 1861-1865
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C-SPAN RANKS THE PRESIDENTS (2009)
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• Washington portrait from Smithsonian Institute.
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• LINCOLN BIRTH BICENTENNIAL
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Gravesites of the Presidents
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• Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington
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• Historic sites about Lincoln you can visit.
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White House Tours
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WATCH TV ADS FOR PRESIDENT
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• ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN GALLERY
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• C-SPAN 2007 Special on Presidential Libraries
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GW from C-SPAN site.
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• Lincon site with games and activities.
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• Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies
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• GW from Miller Center
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• Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
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PRESIDENTIAL AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS
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• The actual writings and speeches of GW.
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• Photos of Abraham Lincoln
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• Listen to more tapes of the presidents made in the Oval Office.
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• Paintings of George Washington
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• Assassination of Lincoln
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• Amazing Videos from CSPAN on all Presidents!
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• The Washington Monument
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• The tomb of Abraham Lincoln
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• Inaugural Addresses of all the Presidents
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2. JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826), 1797-1801
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17. ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875), 1865-1869
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POSTERS
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• John Adams Birthplace
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18.ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885), 1869-1877
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35. JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963), 1961-1963
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• CNN article on John Adams
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• Grant's Tomb, the final resting place of Grant, completed in 1897 in New York City.
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• JFK: Cuban Missile Crisis, October, 1962
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3. THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826), 1801-1809
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19. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (1822-1893), 1877-1881
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• Bay of Pigs Invasion, JFK orders the CIA to invade Cuba to try and topple Fidel Castro. The invasion is a failure.
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• Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson
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20. JAMES A. GARFIELD (1831-1881), 1881
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• JFK VIDEOS from HISTORY CHANNEL
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• Jefferson documentary from PBS
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• Garfield National Historic Site
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FRONTLINE: WHO WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD?
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• Thomas Jefferson quotes.
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• Assassination of Garfield, 1881.
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• The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, November 22, 1963.
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• Jefferson and his Cabinet, from Miller Center.
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21. CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR (1829-1886), 1881-1885
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36. LYNDON B. JOHNSON (1908-1973), 1963-1969
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• Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 for $15 million. Then he sends Lewis and Clark to explore this new land!
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22, 24. GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908), 1885-1889; 1893-1897
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• Listen to LBJ tapes.
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• Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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• More on Grover Cleveland
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• Listen to more LBJ tapes.
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4. JAMES MADISON (1751-1836), 1809-1817
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23. BENJAMIN HARRISON (1833-1901), 1893-1897
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• LBJ from PBS
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• Montpelier, the home of James Madison.
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25. WILLIAM MCKINLEY (1843-1901), 1897-1901
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37. RICHARD M. NIXON (1913-1994), 1969-1974
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5. JAMES MONROE (1758-1831), 1817-1825
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• McKinley Museum in Ohio
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• NIXON for kids from Nixon Library
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• Home of James Monroe
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• Assassination of McKinley, 1901.
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• Watergate, the scandal that brought down the Nixon Presidency.
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6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1845), 1825-1829
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• Actual movies of President McKinley at the Pan Am Exposition in Buffalo, NY shortly before his death.
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• Listen to the incrininating tapes Nixon made of himself in the White House.
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• The Amistad Trial (1839-1840) in which former President J.Q. Adams defended the freedom of African slaves.
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26. THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919), 1901-1909
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• The White House Farewell
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7. ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845), 1829-1837
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• Watch actual movie of TR at his son Archie's wedding in 1917.
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• Nixon, from Watergate site.
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• The Hermitage - the home of Andrew Jackson.
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• Movies and sound recordings of TR.
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• The Richard Nixon Library and Museum in California.
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8. MARTIN VAN BUREN (1782-1862), 1837-1841, 1st President from NY State.
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• More TR movies and sound recordings.
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38. GERALD FORD (1913-2006), 1974-1977
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9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841), 1841
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• Huge collection of TR photos covering his whole life.
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• VIDEO: GERALD FORD FUNERAL (1/2/2007)
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10. JOHN TYLER (1790-1862), 1841-1845
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• TR quotes
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• Photos of Gerald Ford
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11. JAMES KNOX POLK (1795-1849), 1845-1849
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• Read letters and books written by TR for free.
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• The State Funeral of Gerald R. Ford
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12. ZACHARY TAYLOR (1784-1850), 1849-1850
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27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930), also Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1921-1930)
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39. JIMMY CARTER (1924-), 1977-1981
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13. MILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874), 1850-1853
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• Taft Summer White House
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• Jimmy Carter, the PBS documentary film
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14. FRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869), 1853-1857
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28. WOODROW WILSON (1856-1924), 1913-1921
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• Jimmy Carter Presidential Library for Kids
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15. JAMES BUCHANAN (1791-1868), 1857-1861
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• Wilson links.
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• Listen to Jimmy Carter speeches.
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Presidents word search
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• PBS site on Wilson.
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• Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
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• Info on Woodrow Wilson who guide the U.S. during World War One.
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40. RONALD REAGAN (1911-2004), 1981-1989
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THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAL
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• Understanding World War I (1914-1918)
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• Pictures of President Reagan meeting with other world leaders.
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NEWS ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH
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29. WARREN G. HARDING (1865-1923), 1921-1923
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• Photo of President Reagan signing the bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on November 2, 1983.
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• MORE NEWS ON BUSH
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30. CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933), 1923-1929
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• March 30, 1981: The day Reagan was shot.
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• Great site about the life of Coolidge.
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• News report on the shooting of Reagan
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JFK ASSASSINATION MUSEUM, DALLAS, TEXAS
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31. HERBERT HOOVER (1874-1964), 1929-1933
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• Reagan timeline
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ASSASSINATIONS and ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS
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• Hoover site from the National Archives.
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41. GEORGE H,W, BUSH (1924-), 1989-1993
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• VIDEO : Assassination of JFK (11/22/63)
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32. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945), 1933-1945
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• Photos of George H.W. Bush
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• VIDEO: Assassination of RFK (6/5/68)
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• FDR from PBS
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42. BILL CLINTON (1946-), 1993-2001
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• VIDEO: Assassination attempt on Harry S Truman (11/1/1950)
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• FDR's summer home in Canada, now a memorial.
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• Audio/Video of Clinton speeches.
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PRESIDENTIAL CARTOONS
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• FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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43. GEORGE W. BUSH (1946-), 2001-
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• More presidential cartoons
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• FDR and his Cabinet
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• President Bush takes you on a tour of the Oval Office.
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• Cartoons of Andrew Johnson (1808-1875)
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• New Deal 75th Anniversary
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• The White House web site on the Iraq War.
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• Cartoons of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
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• FDR addressing Congress the day after Hawaii was attacked by Japan.
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• U.S. Casualties in Iraq, by month since the War started in March, 2003.
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• Cartoons of JFK
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• FDR led our nation through WWII. Learn more about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
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• President Bush's speech about adding over 20,000 more troops to Iraq, given on January 10, 2007.
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• Cartoons of Barack Obama
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• FDR Presidential Library & Museum in Hyde Park, NY
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• VIDEO: Interview with George W. Bush
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• Audio and video of FDR speeches
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BUSH VIDEO
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33. HARRY TRUMAN (1884-1972), 1945-1953
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44. BARACK OBAMA (1961- ) 2009-
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WATCH TV ADS FROM PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 1952-2004
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• Truman Trivia
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• Official Obama Transition
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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• Harry Truman took over as President after the death of FDR on 4/12/1945. HST oversaw the end of WWII after ordering 2 atomic bombs dropped on Japan.
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• Obama (MSNBC)
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• 2004 ELECTION MAP (Bush 50.7% - Kerry 48.3%)
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• Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.
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• 2000 ELECTION MAP (Bush 47.9% - Gore 48.4% - Nader 2.7%)
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34. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969), 1953-1961.
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• 1996 ELECTION MAP (Clinton 49.2% - Dole 40.7% - Perot 8.4% - Nader 0.7%)
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• Eisenhower, from PBS
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• 1992 ELECTION MAP (Clinton 43% - H.W. Bush 37.5% - Perot 18.9%)
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• Before becoming President of the U.S., Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II. Here is his actual speech to the troops before invading France to liberate it from Nazi Germany in 1944.
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• 1980 ELECTION MAP (Reagan 50.8% - Carter 41% - Anderson 6.6% - Clark 1.1%)
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THE TOP 100 SPEECHES OF ALL TIME
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• 1976 ELECTION MAP (Carter 50.1% - Ford 48% - McCarthy 0.9%)
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2008 ELECTION: Full list of candidates from both parties
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• 1972 ELECTION MAP (Nixon 60.7% - McGovern 37.5% - Schmitz 1.4%)
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PBS : Presidents for Kids
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• 1968 ELECTION MAP (Nixon 43.4% - Humphrey 42.7% - Wallace 13.5%)
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• President FACTFILE
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• 1964 ELECTION MAP (Johnson 61.1% - Goldwater 38.5%)
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THE KENNEDY FAMILY TREE
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• 1960 ELECTION MAP (Kennedy 49.7% - Nixon 49.6%)
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THE KENNEDY FAMILY
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY (RFK) (1925-1968), the brother of JFK. Attorney General of the U.S. (1961-1964), Senator from NY (1964-1968)
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• More on RFK, including his grave in Arlington National Cemetery
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Photos and paintings of the Presidents of the U.S.
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U.S. PRESIDENTS QUIZ AND GAMES (BBC)
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• The grave of John F. Kennedy
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• Photos and speeches of the Presidents of the U.S.
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• Presidents - matching game
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• Photos and quotes of Robert F. Kennedy
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• More presidential photos.
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• Presidents fill-in
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• RFK speech the night MLK was assassinated, 4/4/1968
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• PBS site on Presidents.
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• U.S. Constitution Quiz
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• RFK in his own words.
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MORE PRESIDENTIAL VIDEOS - The death of FDR, 4/12/1945
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• Name That President!
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• Listen to AUDIO of RFK's speeches!
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• FDR inspects the troops during World War II
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• 6 Presidents Quizzes
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• One of RFK's best quotes
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• VIDEO - George Washington Birthplace
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• Nicknames of the Presidents Quiz
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• RFK : A to Z (from the JFK Library)
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• VIDEO - John Adams Biography
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• Vice Presidents trivia!
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• RFK Funeral Train Photos (1968)
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• VIDEO - Live from Monticello - Thomas Jefferson discussion amongst historians.
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• President-VP quiz
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• RFK in Kentucky, February 13, 1968 - Photo Gallery
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ASSASSINATIONS
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• Presidents Crossword Puzzle!!
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• RFK is shot - from BBC 6/5/1968
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• ASSASSINATION VIDEOS
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• Senator Edward Kennedy's eulogy for RFK at his funeral - 6/8/1968. Text and AUDIO.
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• Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963)
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GRANT'S TOMB: HISTORIC PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS (5 pages)
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SENATOR EDWARD M. "Ted" KENNEDY (1932-), the last of the four Kennedy brothers. Ted has been Senator since 1962 in Massachusetts.
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• PHOTOS: Grant's Tomb
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• 1980: Ted Kennedy runs for President, challenging Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination. He was the last Kennedy to run for President. He was soundly defeated by incumbent Jimmy Carter, but did win the New York Primary, 59%-41%.
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• ARTICLE: Grant's Tomb
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• Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy biography
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THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (11/4/2008) - This is the first time since 1952 that neither the Pres. and Vice Pres. is running (Bush can't and Cheney doesn't want to). Therefore there are tons of candidates seeking their party's nomination.
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• Ted Kennedy's book: The Senator and Me
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• E-mail Ted Kennedy at spash@tedkennedy.com
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• Time Magazine article on Ted Kennedy from 2006
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LBJ and RFK on Tape discussing George C. Wallace (2/4/1964)
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• VIDEO: WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930)
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LISTEN TO MORE TAPES OF JFK
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• VIDEO: LYNDON B. JOHNSON
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VIDEO: RFK on the Tonight Show
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STATE OF THE UNION SPEECHES
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JFK PHOTOS
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PRESIDENTS - Smithsonian Institute
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