Funerals at Washington's National Cathedral tell the story of a nation
Read full article: Funerals at Washington's National Cathedral tell the story of a nationWhen former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but exclusive list of figures memorialized there, in a church that tells the story of America on hallowed ground.
What is the State of the Union? A look at some of the history surrounding the annual event
Read full article: What is the State of the Union? A look at some of the history surrounding the annual eventThe U_S_ Constitution spells it out clearly in Article II, Section 3: The president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”.
Why did it take so long for Father’s Day to be created?
Read full article: Why did it take so long for Father’s Day to be created?On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation declaring the second Sunday of each May would be “a public expressions of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country,” also known as, the creation of Mother’s Day.
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Of presidents and health, history replete with secrecy, lies
Read full article: Of presidents and health, history replete with secrecy, lies(AP Photo, File)WASHINGTON – Throughout American history, an uncomfortable truth has been evident: Presidents have lied about their health. But with an election coming on, Roosevelt and the White House staff issued a statement saying the problem was far less serious. The first known instance of a so-called pool reporter inside the White House was in 1881 when James A. Garfield was shot. As he lay in bed, Associated Press reporter Franklin Trusdell sat outside the president's sick room, listening to him breathe and sharing updates with other correspondents. “I listen for every sound,” Trusdell wrote to his wife in a note about his overnight Garfield watch at the White House.
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Joe Biden calls Trump the country's 'first' racist president
Read full article: Joe Biden calls Trump the country's 'first' racist presidentWASHINGTON Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country's first racist president. No Democratic president. President Woodrow Wilson, the country's 28th president, is having his name removed from Princeton University's public policy school after recent protests against institutional racism and police brutality. Ive done more for Black Americans than anybody with the possible of exception of Abraham Lincoln," the president said. Biden has vowed that, if elected, he will begin addressing institutional racism within his first 100 days of taking office.
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Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy school
Read full article: Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy schoolFILE - This Dec. 3, 2015 file photograph shows the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. Princeton University on Saturday, June 27, 2020, has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a decision the Ivy League school made four years ago to retain the name. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)PRINCETON, N.J. Princeton University has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a decision the Ivy League school made four years ago to retain the name. He also barred Black students from Princeton while serving as university president and spoke approvingly of the Ku Klux Klan. The superintendent of the Camden school district also announced plans to rename Woodrow Wilson High School, one of the districts two high schools. The school will now be known as the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, he said.