Government Documents

Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.

Third page of President Kennedy's inaugural address, as it was actually delivered. Click on the image for a readable view.

President Kennedy sent the original of this letter to the widow of Major Rudolph Anderson, Jr., on the 28th of October, 1962.  Anderson had been ...

This is the text of the speech which President Kennedy gave to the American people, the night of October 22, 1962.  When the country tuned-in to ...

On the 6th of December, 1963, Johnny Calvin Brewer signed a sworn statement regarding his sighting and tracking of Lee Oswald the afternoon of Preside...

Image of Justice Frankfurter's notes regarding the Brown v. Board of Education II case.  Notice the words he used:  ...with all deliberat...

Image of U.S. President Kennedy's diary of his appointments for October 22, 1962. Click on the image for a better view.

Image of President John F. Kennedy's October 27, 1962 letter to Nikita Khrushchev, page 2.  JFK sent this letter to the Soviet leader during the ...

This image depicts an excerpt from an old newspaper describing the role of the King in the North Berwick witch trials.

As reports came into the White House from Vietnam, during the summer of 1968, President Johnson often showed his emotions.  In this image, he is ...

Page 1 of President Johnson's speech - "Pattern for Peace in Southeast Asia" - which he gave to promote U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Click on the ima...

Page 2 of President Johnson's speech - "Pattern for Peace in Southeast Asia" - which he gave to promote U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Click on the ima...

Page 3 of President Johnson's speech - "Pattern for Peace in Southeast Asia" - which he gave to promote U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Click on the ima...

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