Rosie the Riveter called women to join the workforce during World War II. But there was another recruitment campaign aimed at mobilizing millions of Americans previously deemed “ineligible” for military service. Over three million people with disabilities joined the war effort on the homefront, playing a crucial role in wartime production.
In December 1979, Jimmy Carter made history as the first president to mark Hanukkah at the White House, lighting both the (electric) National Menorah in Lafayette Park and a smaller menorah in an outdoor ceremony. Scroll through a gallery of Hanukkah “firsts” at the White House.
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