Welcome to American Presidents

America has produced some great presidents.Four of those men are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Harry S. Truman, and John F. Kennedy.This web site provides links to government web sites on these great men.This web site will be of interest to historians and history students.It will also be of interest to ordinary history buffs.

George Washington

·The Life of George Washington-http://www.house.gov/petri/gw_home.htm

·George Washington Birthplace National Monument-http://www.nps.gov/gewa/index.html

·The George Washington Collection at the New York State Library-http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/library/features/gw/sword.htm

·The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School-Papers of George Washington-http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/washpap.htm

·Portrait of George Washington-http://museum.nist.gov/object.asp?ObjD=23

Abraham Lincoln

·Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site-http://www.nps.gov/abli/linchomj.htm/

·Abraham Lincoln Papers-http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/althml/malhome.html/

·Facts About Lincoln-http://www.cr.nps.gov/logcabin/html/al2.html

·Telegram From President Lincoln to Mrs. Lincoln-http://www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/abegoats.html

·Official Lincoln Memorial Website-http://www.nps.gov/linc/home.html

Harry S. Truman

·Harry S. Truman National Historic Site-http://www.nps.gov/hstr/

·U.S. National Parks from Space (shows Truman’s home and farm from space along with regular photo) http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/edu/NPS/hstr/truman.htm

·Harry S. Truman Scholar’s Conference-stennis.stennis.gov/truman.html/

·Truman Library & Museum-http://www.trumanlibrary.org/

·Gifts to Truman (display of gifts to President Truman ) http://merrimack.mara.gov/exhall/treasures/truman.html

John F. Kennedy

·Papers on President Kennedy’s Assassination-http://monitor.nara.gov/research/jfk/

·News Report on Assassination-http://www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/jb_1122_kennedy_1.html/

·Supplemental Resources on Kennedy-http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/33jfk/331rnmore.htm

·Letter From President Kennedy to Clare Boothe Luce-http://frontiers.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/timeline/postwar/election/jfklettr.html

·JFK’s Speech at the Berlin Wall, 1961-http://merrimack.nara.gov/exhall/original/Kennedy.html