by Mike Purdy | Apr 2, 2018 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Assassinations, Barack Obama, Books, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Secret Service, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley
Many of us know that four presidents have been assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy). But what is less known is there have been numerous attempted assassinations and threats against not just presidents, but presidential...
by Mike Purdy | Jan 7, 2018 | Assassinations, Books, Campaigns, Chester Arthur, Elections, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, Presidential Sites, Richard Nixon, Thomas Jefferson
There was definitely not enough time in 2017 to read. So many books, so little time! One of my New Year’s resolutions is to read more books. The following is a list of the books about the presidents that I read in 2017 (the titles below are linked to Amazon or...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 26, 2017 | Books, Chester Arthur, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Post Presidencies, Uncategorized
There are actually two winners to announce. Bush Beats Ford as Oldest President: First, on November 25, 2017, George H.W. Bush nabbed the record from Gerald R. Ford as the oldest former president. As of November 25, Bush was 93 years, 166 days old. Ford died when he...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 13, 2017 | Assassinations, Books, Chester Arthur, Presidential Greatness
Chester A. Arthur is not one of our better known presidents. Our 21st president served just less than three and a half years, having ascended to the presidency upon the assassination of James A. Garfield. He was unsuccessful in winning the Republican nomination for...
by Mike Purdy | Oct 10, 2017 | Books, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman
The have been few times in history when shape of the geopolitical world changed more dramatically than during four world-shaking months in 1945: A fatal stroke ended Franklin Roosevelt’s dozen year presidency. The United Nations was founded. Nazi Germany fell after...
by Mike Purdy | Jun 4, 2017 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Books, Chester Arthur, Deaths, George Washington, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Martin Van Buren, Post Presidencies, Presidential Sites, Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding
It’s been 100 years since John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born. It’s been more than a half century since he was assassinated after serving as president for less than three years. High Marks: And yet Kennedy is consistently ranked among our greatest...
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