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US Presidents and First Ladies(158 total words in this text)(2282 Reads)  Caroli, Betty Boyd. America's First Ladies. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest, 1996. Cunningham, Noble E., Jr. Popular Images of the Presidency: From Washington to Lincoln. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1991. Freidel, Frank. The Presidents of the United States of America. 14th ed. Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1995. Guidas, John. The White House: Resources for Research at the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1992. Jensen, Amy (La Follette). The White House and Its Thirty-Five Families. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1970. Mayo, Edith P., ed. The Smithsonian Book of the First Ladies. New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, 1996. Milhollen, Hirst Dillon, and Milton Kaplan. Presidents on Parade. New York, N.Y.: Macmillan, 1948. Seale, William. The President's House: A History. Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Society, 1986. |
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1759:
British forces seize Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe from France.
1865: Union cavalry units continue to skirmish with Confederate forces in Henderson, North Carolina and Munsford Station, Alalbama. 1924: The U.S. Senate passes the Soldiers Bonus Bill. 1942: In retaliation for the British raid on Lubeck, German bombers strike Exeter and later Bath, Norwick, York, and other "medieval-city centres." Almost 1,000 English civilians are killed in the bombing attacks nicknamed "Baedeker Raids." 1945: The Soviet Army fights its way into Berlin. 1950: Chiang Kai-shek evacuates Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao Zedong and the communists. 1975: At a speech at Tulane University, President Gerald Ford says the Vietnam War is finished as far as America is concerned. This was devastating news to the South Vietnamese, who were desperately pleading for U.S. support as the North Vietnamese surrounded Saigon for the final assault on the capital city. |
