Curated Video
What is Presidents' Day?
Every year, on the third Monday of February, Americans celebrate Presidents’ Day. A federal holiday that originally began as a birthday celebration for George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Curated Video
Presidential Transportation
U.S. Presidential transportation has evolved over time, from George Washington's horse-drawn carriage to the modern "Air Force One" and "The Beast."
Jack Rackam
America's Manliest President | The Life & Times of Theodore Roosevelt
Footnotes: 0:16 Inspired by this image (not sure who the original illustrator is, if anyone knows please tell me!) 0:45 He called it the Roosevelt Museum of Natural History 0:58 And also maintaining a high level of fitness and growing...
Professor Dave Explains
William Howard Taft: Plus-Sized President (1909-1913)
Taft was the hand-picked successor to the monolithic Teddy Roosevelt. What did he do in office? Besides being famous for being overweight, he was also the only president to become a Supreme Court Justice. What else did he do? What did he...
Professor Dave Explains
Theodore Roosevelt: The Rough Rider (1901-1909)
Teddy Roosevelt was such a dynamo of a man that he was put up on Mount Rushmore along with three other super-presidents. And the Teddy Bear is named after him! He was pretty fascinating, take a look.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Intro to Pathe News retrospective of stories of last 25 years
Title card: 'Pathe News Headlines of 25 Years' / Title card: 'Editor's Note: Here is a stirring record of world events which some of us were privileged to witness ... which future generations will study and treasure ... the priceless...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Death of noted US Senator Robert Taft in 1953
[GHOC Episode G-03] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Senator Taft Dies" / [12/1938] VS US Sen. Robert Taft decars with mother Helen Taft at her DC house // US Capitol dome / VS Taft photo ops / Taft in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Funeral in Washington, DC, of former president and chief justice of US Supreme Court William Howard Taft
Caisson pulled by horses carrying former President and Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft's coffin draped in US flag rolling down street escorted by cortege of soldiers on horses / overhead shot of caisson followed by soldiers...
The Recount
The First U.S. President To Throw Out an MLB Pitch
Attending a baseball game in 1910, President William Howard Taft threw a ceremonial pitch from the stands, kicking off the Washington Senators’ season. Since then, every sitting commander in chief, save Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump, has...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: William Howard Taft
60-Second Presidents video [1:22] outlining the policies of the William Howard Taft presidency during the Progressive Era. Includes background essay on Taft and fact sheet for students to use during the video.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: President William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft served only one term, succeeding Theodore Roosevelt. He was active in breaking up monopolies as well as increasing the governments ability to tax through the 16th Amendment.