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The Death of Washington and the Conception of Presidents' Day
“First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate and sincere — uniform, dignified and commanding — his example was as edifying to all around him as were the[...]
Photographer who Captured Nation's Grief, Succumbs to Cancer
The photographer who took the famous picture of John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father's coffin during the slain president's 1963 funeral has died. Stan Stearns, 76, died of cancer on Friday, March 2, 2012 at a hospice in Harwood, Md.. Stan Stearns captured a nation's grief when he photographed[...]
A World without Racism: The Story of Lanier Phillips
Lanier Phillips, a black U.S. serviceman who has credited his 1942 rescue off Newfoundland as transforming his life and igniting a passion for civil rights, died Monday, March 12th, 2012. Phillips, who was 88, passed away at a military retirement home in Gulfport, Miss. He was two days shy of his[...]
Reenacting the Final Journey and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln
Sevenscore and eight years ago, one man defined the Civil War as a rededication to the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence. He spoke of the country's forefathers who were dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal and further created a new nation. He preserved the[...]
Lying in State a Deeply Rooted American Tradition
Designed as a tribute to Rome's Temple of Vesta, the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol has long been described as the symbolic and physical heart of the Capitol Dome. Surrounded by corridors connecting the House of Representatives and Senate sides, with the National Statuary Hall located to the South and[...]
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