The University of Rochester has assembled an exhibit on the history of presidential speechwriting. | The exhibit is comprised of more than 50 selections of presidential speeches from public and private collections, including a signed copy of President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inaugural address, famous for the phrase, “Ask not what your country can do […]
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Lincoln’s epiphany
It’s one thing to read about history; it’s quite another to be staring down at a letter written by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. In the letter, addressed to Senator James A. McDougal, Lincoln makes a bold suggestion: the Civil War could be ended if slave owners were compensated monetarily. In other words, instead of […]
