by Mike Purdy | Nov 25, 2013 | Grover Cleveland, Thanksgiving
Many of us will be taking time off from work this week as we gather with family and friends for a time to remember the many gifts and blessings we have to be thankful for. Thanksgiving is a good time to pause and reflect. President...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 22, 2013 | Assassinations, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson
November 22, 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the fourth president to die from a bullet. For those of us old enough to remember November 22, 1963, that day and the events of that day don’t really seem that...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 2, 2013 | Birthdays, James Polk, Warren Harding
November 2 marks the birthday of two U.S. Presidents: James Polk, born in 1795, and Warren Harding, born in 1865. 70 years separate the births of the 11th and 29th Presidents of the United States. Both born after significant events: Both were born shortly...
by Mike Purdy | Oct 20, 2013 | Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, James Garfield, Jimmy Carter, Presidential Pardons, Richard Nixon, William Henry Harrison
The U.S. Constitution gives the President of the United States the “power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.” (Article II, Section 2)FDR’s record breaking number of pardons: ...
by Mike Purdy | Sep 30, 2013 | Events, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
I had the privilege of speaking to a political science class on “The American Presidency” at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington on September 26, 2013.History Changing Relationship: My topic was the historical significance of the relationship...
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