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USA Presidents (Part 2)

President's Day Celebrations American Presidents Part 2 Contemporary age. The men who made America great. President's Day, sometimes called Washington's Birthday, is an official holiday observed in the United States of America on the birth of George Washington, the country's first president. This year Presidents Day is celebrated on Monday, February 19, 2024. We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage. Teddy Roosevelt Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb ... Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war. Herbert Hoover Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. Franklin D. Roosevelt Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met — obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty. John F. Kennedy The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep. Richard Nixon The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the entire world. The Declaration of Independence declared that people can govern themselves, that they can live in freedom with equal rights, that they can respect the rights of others. Gerald Ford Let's talk about the presidents of the contemporary USA since J.F. Kennedy became President in 1960. Every President has some pros and cons both for his nation and for all the world. Here then, is a modern portrait gallery of the White House. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Kennedy (1917-1963) was the first Catholic to mount the stairway to the White House. He is mostly remembered for having shown Americans the "new frontier" of social reforms for the poor and the coloureds. He was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. The reasons for his assassination have never been clarified. Though he was President for only three years, from 1961 to 1963, his personality and ideas changed America. He was both the first Roman Catholic and the yountielt President in the history of the country. He set clear goals for America. For example, he promised that the United States would land a man on the moon before 1970. Kennedy supported the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. and fought for civil rights, fair housing and programs to stop poverty. He asked Congress for more money for education and medical care for elderly people. Kennedy was against Communism. For example, when the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba, he sent U.S. ships to surround the island. But he believed that the best way to fight Communism was not by sending armies but by attacking poverty and injustice. He organized the Alliance for Progress to help the countries of Latin America. He started the Peace Corps and sent Americans to over sixty countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. These young volunteers worked and lived with the people, built schools, and taught farmers more modern methods. Kennedy worked to stop the testing of nuclear weapons. But on November 22, 1963, he was assassinated. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) As J.F. Kennedy's vice-president, Johnson became president after Kennedy's assassination and after that he was re-elected. He tried to create a "great society" along the lines of his predecessor, but he did not have much success. Johnson's name is associated with the Vietnam War which he upheld and extended. The end of this war was the final defeat suffered by the American colonies. Richard Nixon (1969-1974) Richard Nixon's political activity was long and varied. In the 1950's he was Eisenhower's vice-president. In the 1960s he opposed Kennedy's election and lost the campaign by a narrow margin. In the early 1970s he was elected president. He was vastly successful in international politics, ending the Vietnam War, and beginning talks with the USSR and China. However, he had to resign as a consequence of the Watergate Aff air (electoral espionage). Gerald Ford (1974-1977) He was the first president to release to the public a full report of his medical checkup. Ford was the first president to visit Japan. Ford was the only president whose two assassination attempts against him were made by women. Gerald Ford was the first president not elected by the people to become president. He became vice president when Nixon's elected vice president, Spiro T. Agnew, resigned. Then became president when tiny U.S. flag Nixon resigned. At 93 years old, Gerald R. Ford and tiny U.S. flag Ronald W. Reagan lived longer than any other U.S. President. Ford lived longer than Reagan did. Ford was the first president to pardon a former president. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Carter became the President of the United States after he had been Governor of Georgia when he ran a peanut business. Carter's presidency was characterized by his support of "civil rights" at home and attempts at peace abroad. He organized the Jamp David meeting where Israel and Egypt signed the peace reement. Carter is still useful to his country thanks to his Diplomatic abilities. He is often assigned the task of peace ambassador to the troubled areas of the world. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) In 1981 on March 30, Reagan was shot in an assassination attempt by John W. Hinkley, Jr. outside of the Washington, D.C. Hilton Hotel. Reagan's life is a demonstration of how a film actor can become a president twice. Reagan's economic and social policies were conservative, the so-called "reaganomics". It improved the economy but it also created a lot of poverty and homelessness. In the 1980 election, Reagan won in 46 out of 50 states. The only states he did not win in were Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, or West Virginia. He also did not win the District of Columbia. In the 1984 election, Reagan won in 49 out of 50 states. The only state he did not win in was Minnesota, and he lost by a very small margin there. He also did not win the District of Columbia.

American White House District of Columbia George Bush (1989-1993) George Bush's political career was very long. He was the first ambassador to China, then the chief of the powerful CIA. He served as Reagan's vice-president and finally he was president from 1989 to 1992. His most important event was the Gulf War in 1992 against Iraq. Bush was the sixth left-handed president of the United States. In 1988, Bush ran a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as President, defeating Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency: military operations were conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf; the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and the Soviet Union dissolved two years later. Though the agreement was not ratified until after he left office, Bush also signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, which created a trade bloc consisting of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise and, after a struggle with Congress, signed an increase in taxes that Congress had passed. In the wake of a weak recovery from an economic recession, along with continuing budget deficits and the diminution of foreign politics as a major issue in a post-Cold War political climate, he lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton. William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001) In 1998 President Clinton signed into law the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The act provided harsher penalties for copyright infringement on the internet and made it illegal to create or distribute technologies for bypassing controlled access to copyrighted material. In 1999 he authorized American troops, but not ground troops, to take part in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) air strikes against the Serbian government. Although a United Nations (UN) courts ruled that a "genocide" was not taking place in Yugoslavia at this time, the UN court did conclude that Serbian President Slobodan Miloševic's government had used a "systematic campaign of terror, including murders, rapes, arsons and severe maltreatments" in suppressing the ethnic Albanians' revolt in Kosovo. NATO forces suffered virtually no loss of life during this military campaign. In 1998, On December 19, the House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against President Clinton, one for perjury and the other for obstruction of justice. On February 12, 1999, the Senate acquitted President Clinton of both articles of impeachment made against him by the House of Representatives. The first version of the official U.S. government White House website went online on Oct. 21, 1994. On November 16, 2000, President Clinton was the first president to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. Clinton was the seventh left-handed president of the United States. George Walker Bush (2001-2009) Bush was one of two managing general partners of the Texas Rangers baseball club from 1989-1994. Of the 6 million votes cast in Florida in the 2000 election, Bush won the state's 25 electoral votes by 537 votes. On September 11, 2001, terrorists flew hijacked airplanes into both towers of the World Trade Center and into the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania. October 7: The War in Afghanistan begins with the U.S. military operation "Operation Enduring Freedom", which was launched by the United States with the United Kingdom in response to the September 11 attacks. On March 20, 2003, the Iraq War (or the Second Persian Gulf War) begins with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition of forces, led by the United States and the United Kingdom. Although Bush declared an end to major combat operations in May 2003, the conflict and casualities continued after he completed his second term in office. On August 28, 2005: Hurricane Katrina hit the southern coast of the United States, causing thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damage. In the years 2007-2009 the economy enters a state of crisis as the US housing market bubble bursts, foreclosures rise, and prominent financial institutions must seek federal assistance. Barack Hussein Obama (2009-2017) Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American story - values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others. In 2009 in an effort to rejuvenate the struggling U.S. economy, Congress passes the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which allocates money for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Obama was the first African-American U.S. president. He was also the first president born outside of the contiguous United States. Obama was the eighth left-handed president of the United States. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. After winning re-election by defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney, Obama was sworn in for a second term in 2013. During his second term, Obama promoted inclusiveness for LGBT Americans, with his administration filing briefs that urged the Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans as unconstitutional (United States v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges). Obama advocated for gun control in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and issued wide-ranging executive actions concerning climate change and immigration. In foreign policy, Obama ordered military intervention in Iraq in response to gains made by ISIL after the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq, continued the process of ending U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan, promoted discussions that led to the 2015 Paris Agreement on global climate change, initiated sanctions against Russia following the invasion in Ukraine and again after Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, brokered a nuclear deal with Iran, and normalized U.S. relations with Cuba. Obama left office in January 2017 with a 60% approval rating. He currently resides in Washington, D.C. His presidential library will be built in Chicago. Donald Trump (2017-2020) Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States. He believes the United States has incredible potential and will go on to exceed anything that it has achieved in the past. His campaign slogan was Make America Great Again, and that is exactly what he intends to do. He was born on June 14, 1946. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born in the New York City borough of Queens. He earned an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. A third-generation businessman, Trump followed in the footsteps of his grandmother Elizabeth and father Fred in running the family real estate company. He served as chairman and president of The Trump Organization from 1971 until January 2017. Upon his inauguration as president, Trump delegated company management to his sons Donald Jr. and Eric. Trump's business career primarily focused on building or renovating office towers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. As president, Trump's major domestic policy initiatives have included a failed attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, and a travel ban on citizens from six Muslim-majority countries, citing security concerns. In foreign policy, he withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Climate Agreement, undid parts of the Cuban Thaw, and ordered missile strikes in Syria in response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. After Trump dismissed FBI Director James Comey, the Justice Department appointed his predecessor Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russia's interference in the presidential election, potential links between Russia and Trump campaign associates, and any related matters. In 1995, he converted Mar-a-Lago estate, which he had acquired in 1985 for 5 million dollars, into a private club. The estate is now on 20 acres, it has an enormous ballroom, 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, five tennis courts, a pool, and a golf course. Today the club has almost 500 memebrs, including many celebrities and politicians, who use the estate as a private resort. Now memebers must pay 200,000 dollars to be in the club, an increase of $100,000 since Trump became president in January, and other $14,000 a year. The club generates tens of millions of dollars for Trump every year, and will probably generate more, now that he's president.

Joint Session of the American Congress Joseph Robinette Biden (2020-present) Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009. Joe Biden briefly worked as an attorney before turning to politics. He became the fifth-youngest U.S. senator in history as well as Delaware's longest-serving senator. His 2008 presidential campaign never gained momentum, but Democratic nominee Barack Obama selected him as his running mate, and Biden went on to serve two terms as the 47th vice president of the United States. In 2017, at the close of his administration, Obama presented Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Two years later Biden launched his campaign for U.S. president and was elected as the 46th president of the United States on Jan. 2020. His running mate, Kamala Harris, made history as the first woman and first Black and South Asian American elected vice president. Biden will become the 46th president on Jan. 20. Presidents' Day in the United States Washington's Birthday, also known as Presidents' Day, is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of February. The day honors presidents of the United States, including George Washington, the USA's first president. Washington's Birthday officially honors the life and work of George Washington, the first president of the United States. The day commemorates past presidents of the USA. Washington's Birthday is sometimes known as Presidents' Day. This is because while most states have adopted Washington's Birthday, some states officially celebrate Presidents' Day. Some states pay particular attention to Abraham Lincoln, as his birthday was also in mid-February. In the weeks or days leading up to the holiday, schools often organize events and lessons for students about the presidents of the United States and George Washington in particular. It is a popular day for stores to start their sales. The US federal holiday is on the third Monday of February each year, but records show that George Washington's birthday is on February 22. Many businesses are open as usual and many stores hold sales on Washington's Birthday. Many delivery services, except for the Post Office, have a regular service and many, but not all, public transit systems operate on regular schedules. Some schools close for the whole week for a mid-winter recess. According to some government sources, Indiana observes the Washington's birthday holiday in December. American Presidents Part 1 American Presidents Quiz Full list of presidents of the United States Read the full article

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Happy President’s Day Everyone!!

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It's the will to succeed that keep you motivated, keeps you challenged, keeps you driving towards the dream.

Abraham Lincoln was a wise man, one of the many people in our history that I really admire because of his intelligence and courage. He came from nothing and rose to a man who made one of the greatest impacts on our country and it's history. Lincoln was a man who contributed to molding America to what it is today.

Because of President Abraham Lincoln and what he accomplished, I am proud to be an American. He was truly a man of the people. Lincoln was a benevolent leader who was admired by many and faced the harshest criticisms for his beliefs.

Lincoln began the process to end slavery when he initiated the Emancipation Proclamation but didn't see his vision realized because he was assassinated before the passage of the 13th Amendment that ended it in 1865.

Many people are still enslaved, to negative thoughts, negative people, negative patterns of behavior, and negative social conditioning. In order to really be successful you have to be free to run towards the goal, you have to be free to focus on the vision you want for yourself, and you have to be free from everything we have in our society that teaches us to be unhappy because someone's else's idea of happiness does not match our own.

We all need to free ourselves in order to be truly successful and happy. It all basically comes down to mind over matter. By using your energy, ideas, imagination, intelligence, and will you create your own reality. Choose to focus on what you really want and make the conscious decision to go after it. The only person standing in your way is you.

Life is a journey, make it an exhilarating one! Choose to live free! I’m working towards that dream every single day.

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USA Presidents (Part 1)

Mount Rushmore American Presidents Sculpture USA presidents Part 1. The men who made America. The most powerful figures in the world. President's Day, sometimes called Washington's Birthday, is an official holiday observed in the United States of America on the birth of George Washington, the country's first president. This year Presidents Day is celebrated on Monday, February 19, 2024. Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. George Washington When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. Thomas Jefferson The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. James Madison If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory. Millard Fillmore Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process. Benjamin Harrison Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles. William McKinley After the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, the President of the United States of America is undoubtedly the most powerful figure in the world. In fact he is the head of the Government of the most important economic and financial power and the Commander in Chief of the most formidable army in the world. That is why every four years the American presidential elections are followed with such great interest all over the world. Washington, the capital city of the USA, derives its name from the first President of the nation. It lies in the District of Columbia (DC) on the Potomac River half way between the North and the South. Its foundation was due mainly to President Thomas Jefferson. Presidents who made America On the rocky cliff-face of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, are to be seen four colossal portrait sculptures. They are the heads of four great American Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosvelt. George Washington (1789-1796) He was the commander-in-chief of the American Army during the War of Indipendence against Britain. After the Victory of the former 13 British Colonies (1783) he became the first President of the US. Before the United States won independence from British rule, George Washington was a farmer in the colony of Virginia. He served as a military as a military leader in the Revolutionary War. The colonists trusted him because he did not want power for himself. He wanted all the states and the people to work together as one. He wanted the government to serve the people well. Washington said that power should belong to institutions, not to men. He also said that people could understand the U.S. Constitution in many ways, not just one. He did not think that the United States should have strong ties with other countries. George Washington was the First President of the United States from 1789 to 1796. He is often called "the Father of Our Country!" Washington's Birthday, also known as Presidents' Day, is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of February. The day honors presidents of the United States, including George Washington, the USA's first president. The day commemorates past presidents of the USA. Washington's Birthday is sometimes known as Presidents' Day. This is because while most states have adopted Washington's Birthday, some states officially celebrate Presidents' Day. Some states pay particular attention to Abraham Lincoln, as his birthday was also in mid-February. In the weeks or days leading up to the holiday, schools often organize events and lessons for students about the presidents of the United States and George Washington in particular. It is a popular day for stores to start their sales. The US federal holiday is on the third Monday of February each year, but records show that George Washington's birthday is on February 22. Many businesses are open as usual and many stores hold sales on Washington's Birthday. Many delivery services, except for the Post Office, have a regular service and many, but not all, public transit systems operate on regular schedules. Some schools close for the whole week for a mid-winter recess. According to some government sources, Indiana observes the Washington's birthday holiday in December. John Adams (1797-1801) The Adams' were the first residents of the White House. They moved in in November 1800 while the paint was still wet. Mrs. Adams would hang her laundry in the East Room to dry. Adams was one of three presidents not to attend the inauguration of his successor. Not only was Adams disappointed in losing to tiny U.S. flag Jefferson, he was also grieving the death of his son Charles. Adams was the great-great-grandson of John and Priscilla Alden, Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The only presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence Adams and tiny U.S. flag Jefferson both died on its 50th anniversary, July 4, 1826. Adams' dying words were "Thomas Jefferson survives". Jefferson, however, had passed on a few hours earlier. In 1800, U.S. capital relocated to Washington, D.C. from Philadelphia and the Congress established the Library of Congress.

President's Day Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) He could do many things. As a young man, he was a farmer and a lawyer in Virginia. He was also a scientist an inventor, a philosopher; and an architect He designed his own home, called Monticello. He could speak French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Greek. Many of Jefferson's ideas became basic principles of the government of the United States. For example, he believed that all men are created equal, are born the same and should receive the same treatment under the law. He also said that power must come from "the consent of the governed" (the voters, not the leaders). He wanted free elections, a free press and free speech. Thomas Jefferson held many important government positions. He was Ambassador to France, Secretary of State (under George Washington), Vice President (under John Adams), and the third Prwsidwsm of the United States, from 1801 to 1809. As President, Jefferson bought the huge Louisiana Territory from France. In 1776 he helped to draw up the famous "Declaration of Independence" which stated that Britain's American colonies were "of right free and independent States". His name is also linked to the foundation of Washington City as the capital of the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) He was the president of the Civil War (1860-1865) and of the abolition of slavery. At that time the Southern States still kept black slaves. Lincoln spoke out strongly against slavery. As a result, a Civil War broke out between the Northern and Southern States. The North won the war. The two sides were reunited as a nation and slavery was abolished. He grew up in Kentucky in a log cabin. He couldn't go to school, so he taught himself. He became a lawyer. Friends called him "Honest Abe" As a delegate from Illinois, he served in Congress from 1847 to 1849. Lincoln was against slavery and gave some famous speeches about his ideas when he was running for the Senate. In 1861 Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth President of the United States. He wanted the states of the Union to work together as one country, but he had to lead the North against the South in the Civil War. Some people thought that Lincoln was too strong as President because he used unconstitutional powers. President Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation. He had a plan to bring the South back into the Union after the Civil War, but he couldn't carry it out because he was assassinated. In 1865 an actor named John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858-1919) often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously held various positions in New York politics, rising up the ranks to serve as the state's 33rd governor for two years. He later served as the 25th vice president under president William McKinley for six months in 1901, assuming the presidency after McKinley's assassination. As president, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies. Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Assuming the presidency after Roosevelt's death, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan in the wake of World War II to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the conservative coalition that dominated the Congress. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) was 50 when he became President in 1932, during the worst period of the Depression. He did not have the look of a leader: thin, stricken by polio, bound to a wheelchair... Yet he proved one of the greatest presidents ever. He launched the New Deal, that is a sort of alliance between all the social classes and ethnic groups to help the country regains its standards of production and distribute wealth with more justice. In 1936, 1940 and 1944 he was re-elected, but he died just a few weeks before the end of the war. He represents some of America's greatest virtues: a strong will, able to go beyond the limits of paralysis; the ability of working harder and harder to reach the objective; a certain stubborness when he was convinced that he was right (which caused him some problems with Congress and the Supreme Court...). The American people thanked him in a special way: FDR was the first and only president to be re-elected after the second term! Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy in 1944. After the war, Eisenhower reverted to his regular rank of captain and a few days later was promoted to major, a rank he held for 16 years. Throughout his presidency, Eisenhower adhered to a political philosophy of dynamic conservatism. He described himself as a "progressive conservative" and used terms such as "progressive moderate" and "dynamic conservatism" to describe his approach. He continued all the major New Deal programs still in operation, especially Social Security. He expanded its programs and rolled them into the new Cabinet-level agency of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, while extending benefits to an additional ten million workers. He implemented racial integration in the Armed Services in two years, which had not been completed under Truman. American Presidents Part 2 American Presidents Quiz Full list of presidents of the United States Here are the major U.S. holidays. In some cases, businesses, government offices, and schools will be closed, and also the International Days list. New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day MLK Jr. Day President’s Day Valentine’s Day St. Patrick’s Day Easter/Spring Break Mother’s Day Memorial Day Father’s Day 4th of July Labor Day Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas Eve Christmas Day International Days List Read the full article

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My Favorite Presidential Biographies (and one not so presidential biography)

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Happy Presidents Day! I thought I would celebrate today by sharing some of my favorite presidential biographies, and one not so presidential biography. I love reading presidential biographies. I think they give insight not only into the president but also into the time period. If you have any recommendations let me know.

5. Manhunt by James Swanson

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