Before the presidency came military command—but which leaders reached the rank of general? Today's #Quintalist puts your knowledge of their earlier careers to the test. quintalist.com Repost this and one lucky reposter will win access to all our archived games! #Wordle #PresidentialHistory

Challenging decades of myth and rumor, "Presidentess" by Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon W. Leahy, offers a fresh look at one of the most misunderstood women in American history.

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2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Barack Obama

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📚 On This Day in Black History: October 9, 2009 📚

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that President Obama had been selected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Celebrate birthday of Dwight D. Eisenhower with Martin Mack Teasley, author of "The Real Ike," at Newton Public Library on October 14. 

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A 1787 letter by Thomas Jefferson advising on national debt, peace, and agriculture has been put on the market by a private collector.

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In 1835, two pistols misfire at point-blank range, Andrew Jackson survives, and a senator's career gets destroyed by an accusation that was never true. The real story starts after. #AmericanHistory #AndrewJackson #USHistory #ForgottenHistory #LegalHistory #PresidentialHistory

Join Martin Mack Teasley on September 24th at 12pm at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan, Kansas to discuss "The Real Ike." This event is hosted by the Manhattan Rotary Club: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640690/

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Before becoming President of the United States, Bill Clinton first came into the national spotlight in 1987, when he performed the saxophone in the opening theme song for the hit sitcom Full House.

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McKinley had led the United States through the Spanish American War and its emergence as an overseas power. His unexpected death placed Roosevelt in the White House at a pivotal moment.

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Fromme eventually spent 34 years in prison before being released on parole in 2009. The Sacramento attack remains one of the more unusual presidential assassination attempts in American history.

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