In 1951, the Interior Department banned soapbox orations from Franklin Park in Washington, D.C. after complaints from nearby businesses, hotels, and offices. Learn how this ban helped the community and the history behind it.
Learn the fascinating history behind the first movie to be screened at the White House: The Birth of a Nation, an infamous and racist film that sparked large protests and was partially credited with the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910s and 1920s.
Take a look at the newly built Copley Hall at Georgetown University in 1931 with an exterior adorned with the crest of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Read more about its history here.
