The Muppets
Meet the ‘New’ Voices of Kermit & Miss Piggy

Steve Whitmire talks about becoming the voice of Kermit the Frog after creator Jim Henson dies and Eric Jacobson shares what it’s been like to take over the characters (including Miss Piggy) of Frank Oz, who now directs. Continue reading

Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger: An Appeal to JFK March 3, 1961

Share on Facebook Tweet   "Mr. John F. Kennedy   The White House   Washington, D.C.       Dear Mr. President: I take the liberty of writing you as a fellow classmate of Harvard 1940, and as the man I voted for last November. I am a musician, a … Continue reading

NASA
First page of Reagan’s State of the Union Address after Challenger disaster; January 28 1986

Share on Facebook Tweet TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you for allowing me to delay my address until this evening. We paused together to mourn and honor the valor of our seven challenger heroes. And I hope we are now ready to do what they would want … Continue reading

Elizabeth Cady Stanton archived letter to The Women of the Republic

Share on Facebook Tweet Monday January 25, 1864 By Elizabeth Cady Stanton Office of the Women's Loyal National League, Room No. 20, Cooper Institute. New York, January 25, 1864. The Women's Loyal National League, TO THE WOMEN OF THE REPUBLIC: We ask you to sign and circulate this petition for … Continue reading

World War II
Author Robert Edsel talks about the WWII monuments men

Robert Edsel, author of the book, "The Monuments Men," speaks with the president of the National World War II Museum about the obstacles that veterans during the second world war went through to protect important cultural artifacts from destruction by the Nazis. Continue reading

1999 Women's World Cup
The 1999 Women’s Soccer team remembers their experience

The members of the 1999 US Women's soccer team changed history in the summer of '99 when they broke numerous records throughout their World Cup tournament. Continue reading