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Cold War Kids: Duck & Cover
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Cold War Kids: Duck & Cover

The Civil Defense Administration educated and reassured all Americans that they could survive an atomic attack from the Soviet Union. This included children who received lessons from Bert the Turtle on how to "duck and cover" to protect themselves. In this program, students view 1950s civil defense artifacts and vie for supplies in a fallout shelter game.

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“The essence of leadership is to get others to do something because they think you want it done and because they know it is worth while doing.”

Dwight Eisenhower

Remarks at the Republican Campaign Picnic, President’s Gettysburg Farm, September 12, 1956