At the dedication of a military cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln (above)
delivered one of the most memorable speeches in American history:
the  Gettysburg Address.  

CAMILLE  BOHANNON

On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy increased military aid to South Vietnam without committing U.S.
combat troops.

CARLATA BRADLEY

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun (Moseley-Braun)

The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of  France
to the people of the U.S. was dedicated in New York Harbor by then
President Grover Cleveland.

After eight years of construction on the White House, President
John Adams and his wife,  Abigail, moved into the unfinished
home in 1800.