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War Comes to America
Sixty-nine years ago today, the Congress of the United States declared war following the delivery of a speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt that included these words: “Yesterday … a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked … With confidence in our armed forces–with the unbounding [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on December 8, 2010, under - World War II, Rare Videos.
Tags: award winning documentary, cartoons, history of World War II, its a wonderful life director, National Archives Official Blog, propaganda, Rare Videos, walt disney, why we fight, world war films, WW2 films, WWII films
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The doodler who defied crooks and democratized donkeys
There are few artist in America who so greatly affected the popular landscape as Thomas Nast who was born 170 years ago today. Jolly old St Nick? Not so jolly before the Harper’s Weekly cartoonist plumped him up. The Grand Old Party elephant? Popularized in 1874 by the staunch Republican when talk of a third term [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on September 27, 2010, under Uncategorized.
Tags: abraham lincoln, american history, cartoons, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, odd history, Pieces of History, political cartoons, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, thomas nast, weird US history
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