The image captured crowds of onlookers standing outside the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol—which was still under ...
Legacy: Generally, James Buchanan is regarded as the worst American president. Though it is hard to know what he could have done during the “Secession Winter” of 1860–61 (when the Confederacy formed ...
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We look now to “Old Buck” - James Buchanan. Prior to becoming the 15th president, Buchanan ...
The inaugural parade of 1857, on a March day that was surprisingly warm, celebrated President-elect James Buchanan with something new to Washington parades: floats. There was the “Goddess of ...
Before many years the abolitionists will bring war upon this land. It may come during the next presidential term." Buchanan's work as a diplomat had kept him out of the country as the issue of ...
On March 4, 1857, James Buchanan was sworn in as the 15th president of the United States, at the first presidential-inauguration ceremony to ever be photographed. John Wood, who worked as the ...