Tag: Secretary of War
Three Secretaries of War and Where They Lived
We thought it would be interesting to do a little research on old members of the Cabinet and see where they used to live....
Parade of Communists Arrested at State, War and Navy Building
Everyone is aware of the communist scare stirred up by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s. Due to the media circus around that, sensationalizing it...
Arrival of First Japanese Embassy at the Navy Yard (1860)
In January 1860, the Tokugawa shogunate sent a delegation to the United States with the primary objective of ratifying the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce...
Washington Goes Wild to Celebrate Armistice Signing (1918)
Here's an excellent photo from the DC Public Library Flickr photostream. This shows the Capitol Building fully lit up following announcement of the end...
100 Years Ago: Who Visited the White House?
For the next "This Day in History" post, I came across this list of White House visitors for January 24th, 1912. A long list...
