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Category Archives: Document
Text of President Richard Nixon’s Pardon
By the President of the United States of America a Proclamation Richard Nixon became the thirty-seventh President of the United States on January 20, 1969 and was reelected in 1972 for a second term by the electors of forty-nine of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Democracy, Document, Ethics and Morality, History, Justice, Politics, United States
Tagged Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, EPA, Gerald Ford, Presidential Pardon, Richard Nixon, Watergate
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Armistice Day 2020
Today is Veterans Day. The day when we honor all those who fought for our country during its many wars. In the beginning it was called Armistice Day, celebrating the end of World War I, The War to End All … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Citizenship, Democracy, Document, France, History, Painting, Politics, Relationships, United States
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Armistice, art, Civil War, Illustration, korea, Middle East, Reconstruction, Veterans, World War I
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The Bill of Rights
Note: The following text is a transcription of the enrolled original of the Joint Resolution of Congress proposing the Bill of Rights, which is on permanent display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum. The spelling and punctuation reflects … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Citizenship, Democracy, Document, Ethics and Morality, History, Justice, Politics, Relationships, United States
Tagged 2nd Amendment, Bill of Rights, Citizenship, Civil Rights, Democracy, Excessive Bail, Freedom, Freedom of Speech, Grand Jury, House of Representatives, Insurrection, Involuntary Servitude, Jury, Limit of Presidential Term, Power, Probable Cause, Prohibition, Rebellion, Religious Freedom, Removing President from Power, Right to Vote, Search, Seizure, Senate, Slavery, Taxes, Trial, Well Regulated Militia, Women Right to Vote
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Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776
This image is of the Engrossed copy: National Archives and RecordsAdministration Rough draft: Library of Congress The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Citizenship, Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Freedom, Responsibility
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