In 1924, the first gay rights organization is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago.
 The Battle of Belleau Wood in 1918 has since achieved near mythic status in U.S. military history, particularly for the U.S. Marines.Â
Just two months before Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot in Los Angeles, he delivered the news of Dr. King’s assassination to a crowd in Indianapolis.
In 1961, the Freedom Riders were arrested and sent to Mississippi’s Parchman Prison.
Max Schmeling convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to attend the 1936 Olympic games.
FDR tells Americans the only thing they have to fear is fear itself.
Leaflets dropped on cities in Japan warning civilians about the atomic bomb, dropped c. August 6, 1945.
Explore the goals and successes of the CCC, and debate whether such a program might be appropriate today.
The president hails the workers of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Â
There were about 1500 camps within the first five months of the start of the CCC program.
President Roosevelt’s CCC put three million young men to work across America during the 1930s Great Depression.
Barbara Pierce met George Bush when she was just 16. She married him three years later.
