by Mike Purdy | Oct 22, 2017 | Assassinations, John F. Kennedy
What Do You Remember? For those of us alive on November 22, 1963, we probably remember where we were when we heard the news that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. What do you remember about the assassination and about JFK? What do you think about...
by Mike Purdy | Oct 10, 2017 | Books, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman
The have been few times in history when shape of the geopolitical world changed more dramatically than during four world-shaking months in 1945: A fatal stroke ended Franklin Roosevelt’s dozen year presidency. The United Nations was founded. Nazi Germany fell after...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 6, 2017 | Birthdays, Deaths, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford – the only president never elected as president or vice president – holds the record for presidential longevity. He died on December 26, 2006 at 93 years, 165 days. November 25, 2017: But George H.W. Bush is just months away from eclipsing...
by Mike Purdy | Jun 4, 2017 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Books, Chester Arthur, Deaths, George Washington, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Martin Van Buren, Post Presidencies, Presidential Sites, Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding
It’s been 100 years since John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born. It’s been more than a half century since he was assassinated after serving as president for less than three years. High Marks: And yet Kennedy is consistently ranked among our greatest...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 19, 2017 | Thomas Jefferson
Before Thomas Jefferson died – on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he gave instructions for what he wanted engraved on his tombstone. Ever mindful of shaping his place in history, he hoped to be remembered by posterity for three...
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