by Mike Purdy | Apr 8, 2015 | John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Presidential Greatness, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Transportation
Presidential History Roundup #3 – Interesting news about Presidential history: Top 10 Presidential traits: Click here to read article about speech by Presidential historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin on March 26, 2015 at Virginia Tech. Air Force One: Why...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 6, 2015 | Inaugurations, John F. Kennedy, Religion, Speeches
John F. Kennedy’s watershed 1960 election as the first Roman Catholic president was a source of concern for many Protestant Americans. Others, such as former President Harry Truman, were less concerned about the influence of the Vatican on a JFK presidency. Truman at...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 1, 2015 | Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Presidential Greatness, Presidential History Roundup, Ronald Reagan, White House
Presidential History Roundup #2 – Interesting news about Presidential history: Presidential Greatness: New survey of Presidential greatness is predictable but also offers some surprises. Check out the following links: Washington Post article from February 16,...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 30, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor
In our nation’s history, close to 20% of our presidents have died in office, either through assassination or death. Some of their terms were very short, thus making it difficult for historians to assess their performance during their brief tenure. But two...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 25, 2015 | Barack Obama, Books, Dwight Eisenhower, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, White House
Presidential History Roundup #1: Interesting news about Presidential history: Eisenhower: So you think you know Ike? What did former speechwriter William Ewald know about Eisenhower? Ewald passed away on March 16, 2015 at age 89. Nixon: Nixon’s secret and...