Browse Items (37 total)

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

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

George Washington, State of the Union Address, Library of Congress, January 8 1791

From Wikipedia: The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the President of the United States to…

Tags: Budget, Economy, President, State of the Union, United States, US Congress

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

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

Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo Library, Salvation Army, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Aug. 31 2005

A woman evacuee is given food by a Salvation Army volunteer worker as others wait for water and other services.

The Salvation Army is a Christian…

Tags: Africa, Charity, Nonprofits, Religion, Salvation Army, Social Aid, United States, William Booth

Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo library, Catholic Charities, USA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Aug. 29 2004

Arcadia, FL, August 29, 2004 -- A Catholic Relief Charities volunteer cooks burgers for residents affected by Hurricane Charlie

Catholic Charities…

Tags: Catholic Charities, Charity, Justice, New Orleans, Nonprofits, Religion, Social Service, United States

Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo Library, Convoy of Hope, Federal Emergency Management Agency, May 9 2005

Convoy of Hope has a cache of baby supplies ready to be shipped to victims of hurricane Katrina.

Convoy of Hope is a nonprofit organization that…

Tags: Baby Supplies, Convoy of Hope, Disaster Relief, Groceries, Health, Missouri, Nonprofits, 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