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Historian and author David McCullough poses with art by George Catlin, one of the artists featured in his new book, &quot;The Greater Journey,&quot; at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington on May 13, 2011. McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, died Sunday in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was 89. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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FILE - In this April 25, 1945, file photo, U.S. President Harry S. Truman speaks from a desk in Washington. The Missouri Senate on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, voted 32-0 on a proposal directing that a statue of the former president from Missouri be displayed in the U.S. Capitol. States get to choose two people for the National Statuary Hall Collection, and Missouri has displayed the same two men since the end of the 19th century. Truman will displace one of them. (AP Photo/File)

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This Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, photo provided by Mary Tivnan shows a front page of an early edition of The Boston Globe in North Fort Myers, Fla. The front page of some early editions of New England's largest newspaper ran the headline, &quot;A Bitter End&quot; over an image of fallen New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, suggesting the Patriots lost to the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51. Boston-area editions ran the headline &quot;Win For The Ages&quot; and showed a triumphant Brady holding up the championship trophy after the Patriots mounted a furious rally and won 34-28 in overtime. (Mary Tivnan via AP)

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A mushroom cloud rises moments after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 9, 1945.

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Former President Bill Clinton, left, listens as former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a student conference for the Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

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A large American Flag is unfurled on the Pentagon a day before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Arlington, Va., Wednesday, September 10, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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