United Kingdom Vacation
John Foster Dulles
Vacation. ... [Read More]
John Hay
Vacation trip for health reasons. May 22-June 1, 1905 ... Vacation trip for health reasons. Left U.S. March l7. ... Vacation trip for health reasons. June 2-7, 1905 ... [Read More]
Charles Evans Hughes
Vacation. Left U.S. February 15; returned March 6. ... [Read More]
William P. Rogers
Vacation ... Vacation. ... [Read More]
George P. Shultz
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Presidential Visits Abroad
Entries cover all official visits to foreign countries made by U.S. Presidents during their tenure as President or President-elect. They also include instances of unofficial travel to foreign countries by a President or President-elect for vacation purposes, when information concerning such visits is available. Coverage, however, does not include Presidential trips to U.S. territories overseas, days spent at sea in international waters, or stops at uninhabited islands. ... [Read More]
Frequently Asked Historical Questions
William H. Seward took a working vacation in the Caribbean between January 1 and January 28, 1866. He met with Danish colonial officials in the Virgin Islands, with the Presidents of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and with Spanish colonial officials in Cuba. ... [Read More]
Profile of Stephen Johnson, "The United States in 2005: Who We Are Today" , eJournal USA: Society & Values, December 2004
Steve learned about the value of hard work outside the classroom as well. During most of the summer vacation months of his college years, he worked in construction six days a week and up to 12 hours per day. He had a passion for adventure and travel, and spent one college summer in the United Kingdom under a work-permit exchange program. Steve had left for London without any firm job lined up or even a definite place to stay, thinking that jobs and lodgings would be easy to find. He learned differently, however, and had to search long and hard before finally finding a job as a bartender in a South Kensington pub called the Anglesea Arms. But he didn't settle for that alone, persevering until he eventually found a finance-related position. During the day he worked in finance, but he kept his bartending job three evenings a week because he enjoyed the exposure to the local people and to British life. Steve says his day job helped him lay the foundation for the successful business career ... [Read More]
Elihu Root
Gathered information on the fisheries question during a vacation trip. ... [Read More]
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