by Mike Purdy | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Unlike Theodore Roosevelt, who called Thomas Jefferson “perhaps the most incapable Executive that ever filled the presidential chair,” President John F. Kennedy had a highly exalted view of the nation’s third president, recognizing him for his...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 22, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, Harry Truman, James Garfield, James Madison, Lyndon B. Johnson, Post Presidencies, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Warren Harding, White House, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Presidential History Roundup #5: Interesting news about Presidential history: Presidents Who Knew Babe Ruth: Fascinating article by presidential historian Michael Beschloss on baseball great Babe Ruth’s connections with various presidents and one future...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 20, 2015 | George Washington, Speeches
The year was 1783. British General Lord Cornwallis had surrendered at Yorktown in 1781. George Washington had held together the rag-tag army of continental soldiers for eight long years, hoping against hope, and in the end had miraculously defeated the world’s...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 15, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Homes, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Warren Harding, White House
Presidential History Roundup #4: Interesting news about Presidential history: 1st President to pay income tax: On March 14, 1923, President Warren G. Harding became the first President to file an income tax return. He filed his return for 1922 and paid $17,990 in...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 13, 2015 | Harry Truman, Uncategorized, White House
Seminar: Barely Avoiding Disaster: Lessons Learned from the White House Reconstruction Project During Harry Truman’s Presidency When and Where: April 21, 2015 (3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Seattle, WA (Bell Harbor International Conference Center) Sponsored by Puget Sound...
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