by Mike Purdy | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
As a testament to the enduring interest of Americans with the lives of our Presidents, biographies of our chief executives continue to be published. For example, a few of the upcoming presidential biographies scheduled to come out in 2015 include the following:...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 16, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Assassinations, Calvin Coolidge, Chester Arthur, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, John Tyler, Lyndon B. Johnson, Millard Fillmore, Richard Nixon, Terms of Office, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor
Lincoln by a landslide: The weary nation breathed a sigh of relief as the hostilities of the long and wrenching War Between the States closed that frightful chapter of history. But before the wounds began to heal, the bloodshed that had taken a generation of young...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 2, 2015 | Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson was always larger than life…and always very opinionated. So it’s really no surprise that he felt passionately about cinnamon rolls – but not just any cinnamon rolls. LBJ loved the cinnamon rolls baked in a small restaurant in San...
by Mike Purdy | Feb 23, 2015 | Assassinations, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy
In a November 20, 2014 interview at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, former President Jimmy Carter was asked by Ronan Farrow the following question: “How does President Kennedy’s legacy echo in your mind today?” Carter gave a very...
by Mike Purdy | Feb 16, 2015 | George Washington, James Madison, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Uncategorized
In 1793, in a precursor to today’s concept of “crowdfunding” (the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, usually online), the men who would be the nation’s first four Presidents...