The earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to withhold from the wants of others more than is necessary for their own support and comfort.
James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, First Annual Message (December 2, 1817)
mypopsiclemelted: #museum #american #history #smithsonian #presidents (at National Museum of American History)

mypopsiclemelted:

#museum #american #history #smithsonian #presidents (at National Museum of American History)

President Kennedy gets a little of the “Johnson treatment,” as Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson looks on in Washington, D.C., ca. early 1960s.University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division, Henry M. Jackson Collection

President Kennedy gets a little of the “Johnson treatment,” as Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson looks on in Washington, D.C., ca. early 1960s.

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division, Henry M. Jackson Collection

indypendenthistory: President Hoover and his Norwegian Elkhound, Weejie

indypendenthistory:

President Hoover and his Norwegian Elkhound, Weejie

This flyer encouraged college students to support the anti-war movement by working to elect George McGovern for President in 1972. Part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives

This flyer encouraged college students to support the anti-war movement by working to elect George McGovern for President in 1972.

Part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives

bygoneamericana: President Nixon stands on a car as he campaigns in 1960. By Roddey E. Mims

bygoneamericana:

President Nixon stands on a car as he campaigns in 1960.

By Roddey E. Mims

indypendenthistory: President Eisenhower and former President Herbert Hoover cook steaks on a grill in Fraser, Colorado in 1954.

indypendenthistory:

President Eisenhower and former President Herbert Hoover cook steaks on a grill in Fraser, Colorado in 1954.

krakenstein: THE DINO PRESIDENTS!!!!!

krakenstein:

THE DINO PRESIDENTS!!!!!

beccagrawl: fair enough.

beccagrawl:

fair enough.

jfklibrary: It All Comes Down to Ohio JFK speaks to a crowd in Toledo during his 1960 presidential campaign. (Photo courtesy Larry Stoddard/AP File Photo)

jfklibrary:

It All Comes Down to Ohio

JFK speaks to a crowd in Toledo during his 1960 presidential campaign.

(Photo courtesy Larry Stoddard/AP File Photo)