Carroll Shelby, legendary race car driver, team owner and car builder, was born on this day in 1923. Though he is perhaps best known for his role in the creation of the Shelby AC Cobra and the Shelby Mustangs of the 1960s, the history of Carroll Shelby covers so much more. His career spanned decades of racing, engineering and production feats. | This Day in Automotive History - Drive History

Join us in learning more about White House History right from your own home. Our Live series, White House History Live, delves into the stories that make up the history of the Executive Mansion. Historian and author Kate Haulman will discuss her new book, The Mother of Washington in Nineteenth-Century America, which explores the role of motherhood in the commemoration of the American Revolution by tracing the creation and evolution of the Mother of Washington figure. Then as now, groups used the

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