Grade Range: 9-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & MediaDate Posted: 1/7/2013
In this brief video, curators Harry Rubenstein and Larry Bird share key objects from the political history collection representing inaugurations and presidential campaigns dating back to the early 1800s. See how objects are stored and continuity and change in campaign and inaugural materials. Curators Rubenstein and Bird have collected materials at presidential conventions since the 1980s.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education
This cloth banner celebrates the electoral victory of Thomas Jefferson over John Adams in the pre...
executive branch, government, Constitution, President, inaugural, presidential, inauguration, vice presidential, civics, Vice President, election, presidency, United States Government, Chief executive, political science, chief executive, campaign, politics, executive, vice presidency
In this true story, young Grace Bedell writes to Abraham Lincoln and asks him to grow a beard so ...
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