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This black-and-white footage from 1911 captures U.S. President William Howard Taft's ... The footage concludes with Taft delivering a public speech during the ceremony. Email us at footage@ ...
President Taft’s 1909 visit to Cape Girardeau, prompted by his friendship with local leader Edward Regenhardt, left a lasting legacy celebrated today through historical exhibits and community ties.
How did Americans feel about President Taft going into the 1912 election? How was William Taft viewed by ... Hemmer describe Roosevelt's convention speech? Who was Jane Addams?
President Trump's second inauguration speech was almost exactly twice as ... some 3,000 words longer than that of the runner-up, William Taft — who, incidentally, is the only person who has ...
The conversion of the late great William Howard Taft from Wet to Dry was the high ... In 1923, as Chief Justice, he made a Yale commencement speech in which he called on all citizens to be ...
His speech consisted of a whopping 8,445 words — over 3,000 more than the next-longest inaugural address, from William Howard Taft — and ... address of any U.S. president, Harrison’s term ...
The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Next is “Big Bill” - William Howard Taft. Before becoming the 27th president - Taft aspired to be a Supreme Court Justice. His first step toward this goal was ...
A little less than a year after being elected the 27th president of the United States in 1908, William Howard Taft planned an official trip to Los Angeles that included visits to not only the city ...
Nicole Hemmer, Vanderbilt University, History Professor, talked about how President Taft was viewed during his time in office and how it shifted from the earlier 1908 campaign. Nicole Hemmer ...