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Famous Speeches & Documents

Colonial Period

• Proclamation of Thanksgiving, (1726)

Early America

• Treaty of Paris, (1782)
• US Constitution, (1787)
• Bill of Rights, (1791)

Nineteenth Century

• Treaty of Ghent, (1814)
• Monroe Doctrine, (1823)
• A House Divided, (1858)
• Emancipation Proclamation, (1863)
• Gettysburg Address, (1863)
• Malice Toward None, (1865)
• Is There a Santa Claus? (1897)

Twentieth Century

• Roosevelt Corollary, (1904)
• Made Safe for Democracy, (1917)
• Fear Itself, (1933)
• Date of Infamy, (1941)
• Military-Industrial Complex, (1961)
• JFK Inauguration, (1961)
• Cuban Missile Crisis Address, (1962)
• Crisis In Confidence, (1979)
• Tear Down This Wall, (1987)