Presidents at the Races
No sport created more excitement, enthusiasm and interest in the colonial period and the early republic than horse racing. Presidents...
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Bio Abraham Lincoln
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Raccoons at the White House
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Pennsylvania in the White House
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Native American Delegations, Diplomacy, and Protests at the White House
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