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Presidents and Their Children
The Kennedy Family
President John F. Kennedy poses with his wife Jacqueline, son John Jr. and daughter Caroline.
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Presidents and Their Children
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First families have shared the public spotlight with each president of the United States.
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View an image slideshow on Founding Fathers and Pre-Civil War Presidents.
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Civil War to Great Depression Presidents
Civil War to Great Depression Presidents(15 Photos)
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View an image slideshow on Presidents from Reconstruction to the Great Depression.
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Presidents: World War II to Today's Presidents(13 Photos)
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History of Thanksgiving
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Although Thanksgiving celebrations dated back to the first European settlements in America, it was not until the 1860s that Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November to be a national holiday.
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Presidential Fun Facts
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The Oval Office has been filled with extraordinary presidents, but did you know about these not-so-famous firsts?
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History of the Thanksgiving Day Parade
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been marching since 1924.
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On September 29, 1962, as measures are taken to safely transport James Meredith to the University of Mississippi where he will enroll in accordance with a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding desegregation of the institution, President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy make a series of phone calls to Gov. Ross Barnett who has openly defied the Court's ruling. Attorney General Kennedy gets exasperated when the governor shoots down his idea for crowd control.
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On October 18, 1931, as the nation faces a deepening depression, President Herbert Hoover announces in his radio address the inauguration of a six-week campaign to raise local relief funds to aid the unemployed.
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