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U.S. President Herbert Hoover, third from left, poses with his family at the Washington community Christmas tree after lighting the tree on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1931. From left to right are, Allan Hoover, son; first lady Lou Henry Hoover; the President; daughter-in-law Margaret Hoover and her husband, Herbert Hoover Jr., and Colonel James A. Ulio, aid to the president. The grandchildren are Herbert III, known as Pete, left, and Peggy Ann, holding the president's hand.
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The first White House Christmas during the Great Depression was bad enough — then the flames started

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Preparations are being made in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, for Sen. John McCain of Arizona who will lie in state tomorrow. His flag-draped casket will lie atop the Lincoln Catafalque, a bier built for the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln.
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When George H.W. Bush lies in state, it continues an honor that precedes Abraham Lincoln

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People wait in line for a Best Buy store to open for a Black Friday sale on Thanksgiving Day.
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History’s other Black Friday deals weren’t always full of cheer

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt carves the turkey during the annual Thanksgiving dinner for polio patients at Warm Springs, Ga., with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt smiling beside him, Dec. 1, 1933.
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The woman who gave us Thanksgiving

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Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing (left) and several others are pictured with Sgt. Stubby (pictured center-bottom), a dog that served in World War I.
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World War I’s unlikely canine hero

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Harry Truman’s haunted White House
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Harry Truman’s haunted White House

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One of the largest armies of unemployed men parade in Washington, D.C., on bike, wagons, and on foot, on the first Labor Day observance, Sept. 3, 1894. Shown are Jacob S. Coxey's "Army of the Commonweal of Christ," with Coxey in the buggy at right, wearing a light suit.
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The story behind the first caravan to march on Washington

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Sen. Thomas P. Gore, blind senator from Oklahoma, presides at a reception in Washington.
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Sex and politics collide, history repeats itself

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Chief Justice William Howard Taft, March 31, 1929.
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The Supreme Court’s long journey home

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History’s first resistance insider
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History’s first resistance insider

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