President Roosevelt ordered the wartime rationing
of gasoline nationwide. A person had to present a
a gas card and have a sticker on their vehicle
when making a gasoline purchase. Books of
ration stamps were also issued for other
commodities during World War ll.

 
              Example of a gas ration card.

A vehicle with a gas ration sticker in the window.

Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was mortally
wounded by Jack Ruby as he was being led from the Dallas police station for transfer
to the county jail.

 
Jack Ruby under arrest after the shooting of Oswald.

 
                               The White House in the 1800’s

Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States.
He was in office from March 4, 1849 to July, 1850, when he
died prematurely at age 65.The cause of  death is unknown. 

Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United
States. He was in office from 1853 to 1857. Pierce
was the only President from New Hampshire.
   

                     The Franklin Pierce Presidential Dollar.

   THE 35TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
          MAY 29, 1917 – NOVEMBER 22, 1963

 
Newscaster Walter Cronkite announcing
the President’s death.