Read the latest of Walter Cronkite's oral essays for NPR, in which he comments on events in recent history such as the Vietnam War, the U-2 crisis, and so on.

This site gives an overview of the life of Earl Warren. Includes a picture and information on his term as chief justice.

Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...

This lengthy biography of General Omar Bradley was written on the centennial of his birth. It traces his life as a military man through World War I, World War II, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Included is a map that shows...

This resource offers an in-depth exploration of the U.S. space program and the role President John F. Kennedy took in setting the agenda for manned space flight to the moon.

A collection from the Library of Congress of formal and informal portraits of the US presidents and their first ladies.

Historically significant collection of political cartoons featuring U.S. Presidents from Library of Congress online teacher-student resources.

This site compiles all of the State of the Union addresses and messages by all the presidents in U.S. history (except William Henry Harrison and James A. Garfield).

Discusses how America prepared for war, the impact on the work force in the United States, how women and other civilians supported the war effort, and how the war affected race relations.

Using photos and primary source documents this visual essay explores D-Day (Operation Overlord), the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Find a large collection of internet resources organized around World War II. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.

Overview of the profound effect the Cold War had on domestic life and government policy in the U.S.

Describes the events that took place leading up to and during the invasion of Normandy by the Allied forces and the losses that were suffered by the Germans.

Read a brief description of the march on Washington, D.C., in 1932 by veterans of World War I. Find out which military leaders helped to rout the men from their Bonus Army camps,

Margaret Holden Jones Kaanar, M.D. (1904-2001), professor of pediatrics at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and Robert A. Ulstrom, chair of the UCLA department of pediatrics. Margaret Holden Jones Kaanar was an expert on...