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Congressman Wants Reagan on $50 Bill

(March 3) -- Reviving a controversy about which American historical figures deserve to be honored on the nation's currency, a North Carolina congressman is proposing replacing a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 bill with one of conservative icon Ronald Reagan. "President Reagan is indisputably one of the most...

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Brooke Gladstone: PHOTOS: 9 Striking Presidential Campaign Posters

In the early nineteenth century, many Americans still remembered firsthand the oppression of royal rule.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Brooke Gladstone: 9 Striking Presidential Campaign Posters (PHOTOS)

In the early nineteenth century, many Americans still remembered firsthand the oppression of royal rule.

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05/25/12 How Patronage Ruined the Democratic Party Source: The Week The story told here is not a tale of right and wrong.
05/25/12 Morning Jay: Appalachia and the Democratic Party's... Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC The whole point of the Democratic party, since its inception in the 1820s, was to fight the battle of the people versus the powerful.
05/24/12 War of 1812 to be commemorated near Columbia Source: The Daily News Journal COLUMBIA, Tenn. The Natchez Trace Parkway and its partners will present a commemoration of the War of 1812 on Saturday and Sunday near Columbia, Tenn. The old Natchez Trace was a vital travel route for Gen. Andrew Jackson and his troops throughout the war and is where he received the nickname "Old Hickory."
05/23/12 'It would be cruel to send you to jail': What lenient... Source: The Daily Mirror - London - UK A JUDGE took pity on a sex offender and decided sending him to prison would be "utterly cruel".
05/23/12 War of 1812 bicentennial sites, events all over US Source: Sify Amid the muddle, a few important episodes stand out, from decisive battles to the burning of the White House.