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Gilder Lehrman Institute curator Beth Huffer explore the Dow Jones News Service ticket tape for the day of the Kennedy assassination. The fifteen sheets start at 9:00 am and conclude at 4:59 pm. Spans the entire day of Kennedy’s...
Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1863: Document in a Minute
Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer explores Thomas Nast's celebratory illustration of Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclaimation of a day of Thanksgiving. On December 5, Harper’s published a two-page engraving by renowned artist Thomas...
Inside the Vault: Columbus Reports on His First Voyage, 1493
Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer explores a report from Columbus to his sponsors. When Columbus arrived back in Spain on March 15, 1493, he immediately wrote a letter announcing his discoveries to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella,...
Inside the Vault: Reports on the Yellow Fever Epidemic, 1793
Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffler delves into a report on the yellow fever epidemic ravaging Philadelphia in 1793.
The Articles of Capitulation: Document in a Minute
Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer takes a close look at the articles of capitulation negotiated by Generals Cornwallis and Washington at Yorktown in 1781.
Refugees in the Union Lines: Document in a Minute
Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer discusses a report from the Western Sanitary Commission regarding the conditions of freed slaves in the Mississippi valley.
Susan B. Anthony on Her Work and Life: Document in a Minute
Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer discusses Susan B. Anthony's contribution to an autograph album. "The one purpose of my life has been the establishment of perfect equality of rights for women – civil and political – industrial and...
"One Last Time" from Hamilton
A performance of "One Last Time" from the Broadway musical Hamilton . Performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Sydney James Harcourt, and Ian Weinberger at the 2015 George Washington Prize dinner in New York City.
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Robin Roberts Talks About Her Father, Tuskegee Airman Colonel Lawrence Roberts
Watch Good Morning America ’s Robin Roberts discuss her father, Colonel Lawrence Roberts, a Tuskegee Airman.
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