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Video from the "America's Presidents" exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
Video from the "America's Presidents" exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
Video from the "America's Presidents" exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
After 18 months of careful conservation and analysis, Gilbert Stuart’s “Lansdowne” portrait of George Washington is back on view in the newly refurbished “America’s Presidents” gallery.
A video documenting the installation of "America's Presidents."
After 18 months of careful conservation and analysis, Gilbert Stuart’s “Lansdowne” portrait of George Washington is back on view in the newly refurbished “America’s Presidents” gallery.
Coming of political age during the Cold War, Richard Nixon used national security issues to gain prominence in Congress and later served as Eisenhower’s vice president.
Few individuals have managed to harness the forces of American politics better than Lyndon Johnson.
When Franklin Roosevelt began serving in New York's state legislature in 1911, some observers declared him ill-suited to the rough realities of politics. But Roosevelt thrived on those realities; some two decades later, he was advancing from the New York governorship to the presidency.