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Reagan | Primary Source

Reagan's Farewell Speech

In 1989, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan delivered this farewell speech.

Reagan | Primary Source

One year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Ronald Reagan dedicated Breakthrough, a structure sculpted from eight sections of the Berlin Wall, as the centerpiece of the Westminster College Cold War Memorial.

Reagan | Primary Source

The Evil Empire

Although President Ronald Reagan did not actually use the phrase "evil empire" in this June 8, 1982 speech, he described the collapse of global communism as inevitable.

Panama Canal | Primary Source

Roosevelt's Message to Congress

Read President Theodore Roosevelt's message to Congress after returning from the Canal Zone in Panama.

Stonewall Uprising | Primary Source

Queen Bees are Stinging Mad

Read a July 6, 1969 excerpt from The New York Daily News.

FDR | Primary Source

Message to Congress on Social Security

A recommendation for legislation to help protect Americans from the hazards of life.

FDR | Primary Source

Mobilization for Human Needs, 1933

FDR asks for community cooperation to help the needy.

FDR | Primary Source

New Deal a Square Deal for the Negro?

An African American journal, Opportunity, examines New Deal policies and calls for fair treatment for blacks.

FDR | Primary Source

Oral Histories

Sample some questions and answers collected by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers Project as part of the New Deal employment programs.

FDR | Primary Source

The Atlantic Charter

FDR and Churchill spell out the Anglo-American pact of 1941.

FDR | Primary Source

The Neutrality Act of 1937

The law defining rules for exports, financial transactions, and other interactions under the banner of wartime neutrality.

FDR | Primary Source

Letter from Hugh R. Wilson to FDR

A letter to FDR describing a meeting with Adolf Hitler.