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Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: William McKinley: Second Inaugural Address
William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William McKinley Second Inaugural Address Monday, March 4, 1901 My Fellow-Citizens: WHEN we assembled here on the 4th of March, 1897, there was…Mental Illness: An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans 18 and oldersuffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year
An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans 18 and oldersuffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year Source: National Institute of Mental Health Related Links: Almanac: HealthNational…Two Centuries of Railroading
Source: Association of American Railroads. Web: www.aar.org .1797The steam locomotive is invented in England. 1823The first public railway in the world opens in England.1827The first railroad in…Atlanta Compromise
by Booker T. Washington Speech at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens: One-third of the…Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st ViscountSnowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscountsnōˈdən [key], 1864–1937, British statesman. Born to poverty, he was a civil service clerk until crippled by a…Shubert Brothers
(Encyclopedia) Shubert BrothersShubert Brotherssh&oomacr;ˈbərt [key], theatrical managers and producers. The brothers were Lee (1871–1953), Sam S. (1878–1905), and Jacob J. (1880–1963).…Santa Fe Railroad
(Encyclopedia) Santa Fe Railroad, former U.S. railroad, chartered in 1863 as the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe RR; opened to traffic in 1864. Construction continued, and in 1880 it reached Santa Fe…Salton Sea
(Encyclopedia) Salton SeaSalton Seasôlˈtən [key], saline lake, 370 sq mi (958 sq km), northern part of the Imperial Valley, SE Calif.; 232 ft (71 m) below sea level. The area was anciently the…Fredericksburg, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Fredericksburg, battle of, in the Civil War, fought Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. In Nov., 1862, the Union general Ambrose Burnside moved his three “grand divisions” under W. B…Belém
(Encyclopedia) Belém Belém bəlāNˈ [key] or Pará Pará pəräˈ…Trending
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