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The President . Today, after almost a century of trying, today, after over a year of debate, today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America—today. It is fitting that Congress passed this historic legislation this week. For as we mark the turning of spring, we also mark a new season in America. In a few moments, when I sign this bill, all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform. And while the Senate still has a last round of improvements to make on this historic legislation—and these are improvements I'm confident they will make swiftly—the bill I'm signing will set in motion reforms that generations of Americans have fought for and marched for and h ... read full document
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New Director of Presidential Libraries Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero announced today the appointment of Susan K. Donius as the Director of the Office of Presidential Libraries. Former White House staff discuss the presidential administrations from Richard M.
The permanent galleries begin with Hoover's boyhood in Iowa and continue on to the Waldorf Towers in New York where he spent the final years of his life. The Quarton Gallery offers exciting temporary exhibits relating to American history. In the Hoover Library people of all ages can learn about President Hoover's life and career. Using manuscripts, photographs and oral histories, one can learn the stories of our history. Herbert Hoover's Birthplace Cottage
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
"When this library is filled with documents, and scholars come here to probe into some of the facts of the past half century, I hope that they, as we today, are concerned primarily with the ideals, principles, and trends that provide guides to a free, rich, peaceful future in which all peoples can achieve ever-rising levels of human well-being." Slick your hair back and dust off those poodle skirts! Elvis is in the building at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. The Smithsonian traveling exhibit " Elvis at 21, Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer " is on display April 7 through July 1, 2012. read more The exhibit, located on the first floor of the Library building, features the history of Girl Scouts from their founding in 1912 to the present. Founder Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout Troop with just 18 girls on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Ga.
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
The Pare Lorentz Center Founded in 1993 by Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz, the Pare Lorentz Center's mission is to apply the audiovisual techniques pioneered by Pare Lorentz to teach history and social studies, and to perpetuate Lorentz's use of the documentary format in inspiring social and political messages.
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