The American Presidency Project

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March 19, 1930
Herbert Hoover

General Pershing, ladies and gentlemen:

On the part of the United States Government I accept with pleasure the share in this beautiful memorial, given by those who have helped to make it possible.

To the patriotic mothers who gave their sons, to the many other loyal women who lost those dear to them for their country's sake, to the noble women, so many of them nurses, who...

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This analysis uses graphical data to show trends in variables useful in forecasting past elections.

LBJ shaking hands with Martin Luther King after signing the civil rights act.

Starting in the late 20th Century, Presidential documents show a decidedly new emphasis on recognition of a wide variety of cultural groups