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Defense Visual Information Service, Abuhena Saifulislam, First Muslim Chaplain in US Marine Corps, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Year 2014

From Wikipedia: Commander Abuhena Saifulislam is a Bangladeshi-American who is the first Muslim Naval Officer appointed as an imam chaplain serving…

Tags: Chaplain, Imam, Islam, Marine Corps, Navy, United States

Council on Foundations, Council on Foundations, COF, 1949

The focus of the Council on Foundations is to create an organized pathway for foundations to take advantage of the unique confluence of opportunities…

Tags: Agencies, Council on Foundations, Foundations, Philanthropy, Policy, United States

USEPA, International Climate Partnerships, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA, 2019

EPA supports the United States’ international partnerships to address the global challenge of climate change. As a party to the United Nations…

Tags: Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Greenhouse Gases, United States

US UNICEF, The US Fund for UNICEF, UNICEF USA, 1946

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work, and other efforts in support of the world's children, through fundraising, advocacy and education in…

Tags: Child Welfare, Children, UNICEF, United Nations, United States, US Fund

Harris & Ewing, photographer, Tax expert favors incentive taxation, 1942, Library of Congress, 1942

Lovell Parker after resignation

Tax expert favors incentive taxation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Lovell Parker, who resigned last year after…

Tags: Business, Incentive Taxation, Lovell Parker, Senate Finance Subcommittee, Taxes, United States

First photo: Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929. Second photo: Carl Mydans., U.S. Taxation, Public Tax Worker Circa 1936-1938, Library of Congress, First photo: 1894. Second photo: 1936

Throughout history, every organized society had some form of government. In free societies, the goals of government have been to protect individual…

Tags: 16th Amendment, Civil War, Income Tax, Public Tax Worker, Revenue, United States

EnergyStar, ENERGY STAR, US Environmental Protection Agency Voluntary Program, 1992-, EnergyStar, None

More than 80 percent of Americans now recognize the ENERGY STAR label. American families and businesses have saved a total of nearly $230 billion on…

Tags: Clean Air Act, Climate, Energy Star, EPA, United States, Volunteerism

Dersh, Stanley, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1791 United States Bill of Rights - First Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Library of Congress, 1959

During the First Congress of the United States, after gaining its independence from Britain, twelve amendments to the new constitution were proposed…

Tags: 1791, Bill of Rights, Constitution, First Amendments, Individual Rights, United States

First photo: Contributors - Illman Brothers. Second photo: Publisher - N. Currier, New York, 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, Library of Congress, First photo: 1861 - 1890. Second photo: 1835-1856

The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson (1776) and is considered to be the most cherished symbol of liberty of the United…

Tags: Britain, Declaration of Indepndence, John locke, Liberty, Thomas Jefferson, United States

Hayden Hayden, United Service Organizations, Pritzker Military Museum and Library, Unknown

World War II era poster of a smiling soldier and nurse. Supporting America’s troops was the first mission of the USO. In 1941, as it became clear that…

Tags: FDR, Military, Posters, Salvation Army, United Service Organization, United States, USO, World War II, WWII, YWCA