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Lesley Kennedy

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How Long Have US Presidents Appeared on Coins?

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By Lesley Kennedy
| The History Channel Verified
Americans didn’t see their leaders on money until the early 20th century. In the early 20th century, Abraham Lincoln became the first U.S. president to appear on an American coin. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Published: September 08, 2026Last Updated: September 08, 2026 For much of U.S. history, coins did not show presidents. Early lawmakers wanted American money to look different from European coins, which often showed kings or queens.
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How Americans Reinvented the Ancient Pastime of Bowling

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By Lesley Kennedy
| The History Channel Verified
Ninepins, Gambling and a Crackdown in Connecticut Washington Irving famously described “odd-looking personages playing at ninepins” in his 1819 short story Rip Van Winkle, one of the earliest references to bowling in the United States. “Nothing interrupted the stillness of the scene but the noise of the balls, which, whenever they were rolled, echoed along the mountains like rumbling peals of thunder,” he wrote. But ninepins soon developed a reputation for vice.
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Key Moments in the Kennedy Center’s History: Photos

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By Lesley Kennedy
| The History Channel Verified
The Washington, D.C., performing arts center has been one of the United States’ preeminent cultural institutions since the 1970s. Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images Published: August 19, 2026Last Updated: August 19, 2026 For more than 50 years, the Kennedy Center has served as a national home for the performing arts—an institution shaped in part by Cold War politics and sustained by bipartisan support.
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