One president invented campaign buttons so he could just stay home during election season. Another one rallied Americans to go to the moon. And oneβonly oneβholds a patent.
Lewis Hine didnβt consider his job as taking pictures; it was βdetective work.β Sometimes gaining access with ruse and subterfuge, he captured stark images that touched hearts and changed minds
"I am very much uninterested in whether I am shot or not," he told an audience in Milwaukee. Newly discovered documents shed light on how the 26th president wanted the incident to shape his legacy
In βThe Mission of the War,β Americaβs incomparable orator helped turn public sentiment in favor of the Union and Abraham Lincoln, beginning the process of βnational regenerationβ