U.S. Presidents have varying backgrounds and political persuasions. Only one was unanimously elected. They can have little or lasting influence. These stories are about individuals with the power to make a difference at home and abroad.
CIA agent, Tony Mendez, creates a plan and leads a rescue mission for six U.S. diplomats in Tehran.
Even as he lies wounded, the president tries to protect his assassin.
Churchill, Truman, and Stalin plan to meet in the Potsdam suburb of Berlin in July 1945 to determine the political fate of Europe.
Upon his death, Thomas' father leaves instructions that his son is to receive "a thorough classical education."
Czolgosz may be insane, but his justice is swift, and he dies in the electric chair after confessing why he killed McKinley.
Maps detail the loss of Hooker's Union troops at Chancellorsville.
The deaths of one black and two white freedom fighters goaded Congress into passing the first voting rights legislation since Reconstruction.
President Lincoln predicts he will not survive his second term.
Within two months of the Treaty of Paris,Washington resigns fromhis job as Commander-in-Chief.
With George Washington as the Commander of their army, the colonists use rebel tactics and ambushes to hold their ground.
Even though the American public may not approve, this does not mean the one in power is wrong.
Throughout United States history we express our frustrations and pride in our country through the media.
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