10 Famous National Convention Speeches
Watch video clips of some of the most famous speeches given at past Democratic and Republican national conventions.
By Liz Kennedy
What Honest Abe means today, 100 years after the creation of the Lincoln penny.
By Andrew Ferguson in Reader's Digest - February 2009
Inaugurations Through the Years
Travel back through time to celebrate this important day.
Fred I. Greenstein is a professor of politics emeritus at Princeton University and the author of numerous books about the presidency, including The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader.
Memo to President Barack Obama
18 statesmen and women speak out in reference to President-Elect Obama's recent victory.
As Mr. Obama takes office, we asked leaders to offer him their best advice. Their responses can inspire us all to renew America's dream.
Georgianna Carter-Krell is national president of American Gold Star Mothers. Her son, Marine Corps infantryman Bruce Wayne Carter, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor after a 1969 battle in Vietnam claimed his life. The Miami VA hospital was recently named after Bruce Carter.
Pauline Maier is a professor of American History at M.I.T. the and author of American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence.
Robert C. Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, is the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, and has given advice to every President since Dwight Eisenhower. He is the author of Letter to a New President: Essential Lessons for Our Next Leader.
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