Collection The Presidents
Biographies & Portraits
President Carter at Gettysburg
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- Jimmy Carter Presidential Library/NARA
President Carter at Gettysburg
President Jimmy Carter and his daughter Amy examine a cannon on a tour of Gettysburg National Military Park with Anwar Sadat and Menahem Begin, in 1978.
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Papal Visits to the White House
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Frances Folsom Cleveland's White House Wardrobe
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