Figures
People we keep on the record.
Verbatim lines, dated, sourced, and linked to the original. Historical and public-domain first — every entry has a citation, and any reader can challenge one.
1809–18652
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States. Led the Union through the Civil War.
Read the lines →1882–19452
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President. Led the United States through the Great Depression and most of World War II.
Read the lines →1917–19631
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States.
Read the lines →1858–19191
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President. Naturalist, soldier, reformer.
Read the lines →Verbatim only
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