On this day in history, June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill, an act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services for their service and ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt trumpeted America's foundation of faith to inspire the nation in its finest hour: D-Day, June 6, 1944. "Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set ...
Prelude: The sphinx -- Part One. Spring 1944: everything all at once -- Tehran -- "I want to sleep and sleep twelve hours a day." -- Escape, part 1 -- Escape, part 2 -- "This is the year 1944" -- ...
“All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River,” President Franklin Roosevelt declared on July 11, 1944, as he announced that he would do the opposite and run for a fourth ...
Editor's note: This column was first published July 13, 2020. When you study history, it’s not just about what happened in the past. There’s also that element of what could have been. For instance, ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Georgetown University law professor Cliff Sloan, author of "The Court at War," talked about why the Roosevelt Administration did not formally ...
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention of 1944 traveled to Chicago in passenger cars crowded with GIs headed to the battlefields of World War II. Ahead of the convention, President Franklin ...
Much has been said in the current presidential election campaign about politicians who should be encouraged to put country first and vote for a candidate of the opposite political party. In the ...
Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Though history is said not to repeat itself, sometimes, it does rhyme. President Joe Biden’s move today to bow out of the 2024 presidential ...