by Mike Purdy | Feb 11, 2014 | Books, Presidential Sites, Thomas Jefferson
On January 27, 2014, I had the privilege to visit Thomas Jefferson’s masterpiece home, Monticello – a building that he called his “essay in architecture.” Over the course of more than 40 years, he was continually making changes to his beloved...
by Mike Purdy | Feb 4, 2014 | Presidential Sites
Take a survey sponsored by USA Today and vote on the best Presidential attraction from a list of 20 sites. Voting ends March 3, 2014 and you can vote once a day.My recent trip: I visited three of these sites last week (Monticello, Montpelier, and Mount...
by Mike Purdy | Jan 7, 2014 | Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was born in the waning days of 1856 in Staunton, Virginia to a Presbyterian minister father. The actual date of Wilson’s birthday has been clouded in controversy. Click here to read my earlier blog posting on this issue.Woodrow...
by Mike Purdy | Jan 3, 2014 | Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, White House
Mike Purdy and daughter, Janet Purdy On January 1, 2014, I put the email addresses of the 208 subscribers to this Presidential History Blog in a hat and had my daughter draw three names. Reconstruction of White House: Three lucky individuals won a free copy...
by Mike Purdy | Dec 3, 2013 | Harry Truman, Homes, White House
In a newly published book, The Hidden White House – Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence, Robert Klara has written the definitive, not to be surpassed, work on this sometimes overlooked major saving and...
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