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Colonel Donovan and staff of 165th Infantry, passing under the Victory Arch, New York City., 1919. NARA Photo.

American troops in Vladivostok parading before the building occupied by the staff of the Czecho-Slovaks. Japanese marines are standing at attention as they march by. Siberia, August 1918. Underwood and Underwood., 1917 - 1919. NARA Photo.

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NARA Photo - German woman carrying a few possessions runs from burning building in Seigburg, Germany. Fire started by Nazi saboteur., 04/13/1945

NARA Photo - General view of the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, following the cessation of organized resistance. In the distance, the twin-spired Lorenz Church; on the right and surrounded with rubble is a statue of Kaiser William I., 1945.

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NARA Photo - The French Foreign Legion is playing the major combat role in the war against the Vietminh. Here a red-suspect has been found hiding in the jungle and is now being questioned by the advance patrol, who caught him. Pix., ca. 1954.

NARA Photo - A French Foreign Legionnaire goes to war along the dry rib of a rice paddy, during a recent sweep through communist-held areas in the Red River Delta, between Haiphong and Hanoi. Behind the Legionnaire is a U.S. gifted tank. Pix., ca. 1954.

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Third Army Louisiana Maneuvers. The 31st Division's Mobile Library in the maneuver area at Camp Polk, La.  (18 Aug 43) Signal Corps Photo: 165-L2-43-1917  (T/Sgt Wm Murray) Photo - Still Picture Branch National Archives at College Park.

England. Women War Correspondents working in the European Theatre of Operations.  (L-R):  Mary Welch: Time and Life;  Dixie Tighe: N.Y.,  International;  Kathleen Harriman: N.Y., Newsweek;  Helen Kirkpatrick: Rochester, N.Y., Chicago Daily News;  Lee Miller: Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Vogue;  Tania Long: Westport Conn., N.Y. Times. London, England.   (1 Feb 43) Signal Corps Photo: ETO-HQ-43-1195  (Moore) Photo - Still Picture Branch National Archives at College Park.

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 Inaugural Address - Kennedy & Reagan

John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, 1961

"It was better than mine." John F. Kennedy, comparing the inaugural address of Thomas Jefferson to his own, January 19, 1961

The inaugural ceremony is a defining moment in a President's career, and no one knew this better than John F. Kennedy as he prepared for his own inauguration of January 20, 1961. He wanted his address to be short and clear—devoid of partisan rhetoric and focused on foreign policy. He began constructing the speech in late November, working from a speech file kept by his secretary and soliciting suggestions from friends and advisors. While his colleagues submitted ideas and drafts, clergymen provided lists of Biblical quotations. The final product, however, was distinctly the work of Kennedy himself. Aides recount that every sentence was worked, reworked, and reduced.

Kennedy wrote his thoughts in his nearly indecipherable longhand on a yellow legal pad. The climax of the speech and its most memorable phrase, "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country," was honed down from a thought about sacrifice that Kennedy had long held in his mind and had expressed in various ways in campaign speeches. NARA Photo & Text.

President Reagan’s Inauguration 1981

INAUGURATION FACTS

• First Inauguration as President (January 20, 1981)

• Singer: Juanita Booker (amateur singer from Los Angeles)

• Invocation and Benediction: Rev. Donn Moomaw, Senior Pastor, Bel Air Presbyterian Church

• This was the first Inaugural ceremony to be held at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. (All previous Inaugurations at the Capitol had used the East Front.)

President Reagan’s Second Inauguration 1985

Second Inauguration as President (January 20, 1985)

• Invocation: Rev. Timothy Healy, S.J. (President, Georgetown University)

• Singer: Jesse Norman

• Prayers

• After Ms. Norman’s song: Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk (President, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati)

• Just prior to the swearing-in: Rev. Donn Moomaw (Senior Pastor, Bel Air Presbyterian Church)

• Benediction: Rev. Peter Gomes (Chaplain, Harvard University)

• There was no poem read at either Inaugural.

"Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library."

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"L E S T  W E  F O R G E T"

New York, N.Y. (Sept. 15, 2001) -- A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center. U.S. Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres. (RELEASED)

New York, N.Y. (Sept. 15, 2001) -- A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center. U.S. Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres. (RELEASED)

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"1st Flight to Farthest Flight"

"Original Wright Brothers 1903 Aeroplane ("Kitty Hawk") in first flight, December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville Wright at controls. Wilbur Wright at right (First flight was 12 seconds)" By Orville Wright and John T. Daniels, December 17, 1903. NARA Photo.

"Rising earth greets Apollo VIII astronauts as they come from behind the moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. Earth is about 5 degrees above the horizon." By William Anders, December 29, 1968. NARA Photo.

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P O S T  W A R  A M E R I C A

"Saturday afternoon street scene" By Russell Lee, Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, August 24, 1946. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Solid Fuels Administration for War.

"Chicago Illinois. Looking down Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Buildings shown are (L. to R.) #333 No. Michigan Avenue; Carbon and Carbide Building; London Guarantee & Accident Building; Lincoln Tower; Pure Oil; and Wrigley Building" By Oliver E. Pfeiffer, March 1951. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Information Agency.

• Access The Cold War

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World War I

A most remarkable post-war incident was the washing up on the rocks at Falmouth, England, of two German U-boats. They were cast up but a few feet apart; both had been sunk during the war. International News Photos., 1921 NARA Photo.

Charlie Chaplin, comedy star of the "movies," making his first speech for the third Liberty Loan in front of the State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C., on first anniversary of U.S. entry into war., 04/06/1918 NARA Photo.

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The American Revolution

Those Are Regulars, By God The Battle of Chippewa by H. Charles McBarron
Battle Streamers by Richard Hasenauer, Fort Myer, VA, 1976

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 U. S. Army Nurses

Maj. Gen. C.H. Bonesteel addressing nurses before embarking to Iceland - 4 Sept. 1941 - U.S. Army Center of Military History.

Maj. Gen. Gregory, Quartermaster General discusses Army nurses' clothing with Lt. Alice Montgomery, Lt. Josephine Etz, and Lt. Leophile Bouchard, of Walter Reed Hospital. - U.S. Army Center of Military History.

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Army Reserve Commemorates 100 Years

Red Maple Planted - April 25, 2008 - Army Reserve officers plant a maple tree at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday to commemorate 100 years of service and sacrifice. Photo by Adam Skoczylas...

Army Reserve Color Guard - April 25, 2008. The Army Reserve color guard at Arlington National Cemetery wore wool uniforms of World War II to commemorate the component's history. Photo by Adam Skoczylas...

U.S. soldiers of Battery C, 780th Field Artillery Battalion, fire an 8-inch howitzer at Kajon-Ni, Korea, near the 38th Parallel. The 780th, an Army Reserve unit from Roanoke, Va., served in Korea from April 1951 to December 1954. U.S. Army Reserve historical painting...

The cover of the Summer 1994 issue of Army Reserve magazine features a historical article about Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Reserve...

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