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This Presidents’ Day, get more civically engaged through family-friendly activities! Write a letter to the new President of the United States to tell them what matters to you. Participate in arts-based activities and create a piece that reflects your social and political interests! 

 

Abraham Lincoln Portrait of Abraham Lincoln in Washington D.C., April 10, 1865. Chicago History Museum, ICHi-027340; Alexander Gardner, photographer.
Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant on a campaign banner. Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant on a campaign banner, 1868. Chicago History Museum, ICHi-067126.
President Theodore Roosevelt, left, and William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago, right, Chicago, Illinois, April 2, 1903. President Roosevelt was at the University of Chicago to receive an honorary degree. President Theodore Roosevelt, left, and William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago, right, Chicago, Illinois, April 2, 1903. President Roosevelt was at the University of Chicago to receive an honorary degree. DN-0000387, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum.
Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Eleanor Roosevelt on the platform, Chicago, Illinois, July 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Eleanor Roosevelt on the platform, Chicago, Illinois, July 1932. DN-0104650, Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection, CHM.
President Ronald Reagan speaks to students at Gordon Technical High School President Ronald Reagan speaks to students at Gordon Technical High School (DePaul College Prep), 3633 North California Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. ST-20001943-0033, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum.
Martin Luther King Jr. meets with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House, Washington, D. C., 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. meets with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House, Washington, D. C., 1963. Chicago History Museum, ICHi-034763; Voichi R. Okamato, photographer.
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