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Traces the history of the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House. Gaining the status of National Shrine; Purpose of the room during Abraham Lincoln's presidency; Suggestions to keep the room in its former state.

Presents the author's reflections on the 1953 campaign for student government at Georgetown University in Washington DC. President Dwight Eisenhower's endorsement of candidate Frank Van Steenberg at a school banquet when he saw a campaign card slipped under his plate by campaign manager Francis Murphy; Secret Service's interrogation of Van Steenberg and Murphy.

Recalls that on October 21 and 22 between 50,000 and 150,000 protesters invaded Washington, D.C. to protest the war in Vietnam. Protests in other cities; Joan Baez arrested in Oakland, California; Boston Red Sox succumbed to the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh game of the World Series; Dr. Robert Ravich's Interpersonal Behavior Game-Test the season's splashiest innovation in psychology.

Talks about plans of moving the U.S. Congress from Washington D.C. in 1790. Congressional debate on the seat of the government; Political conditions in the state; Attempt of Congressman James Sloan to move the government back to the City of Brotherly Love.

Focuses on the dinner meeting between black leader Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House in Washington D.C. Purpose of the meeting; Plans of Roosevelt on patronage jobs; Solicitation of advice on choosing candidates; Impact of the meeting on white Americans.