by Mike Purdy | Sep 21, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, Books, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, John Tyler, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant, Warren Harding, White House, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson
“Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency” is a delightful, well-written, and well-researched collection of stories about the White House and our Presidents. The book is highly readable and I strongly recommend it. White House and American...
by Mike Purdy | Jul 6, 2015 | Franklin Roosevelt, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt
In response to my blog last week, here are the answers to identifying these 5 presidents when they were younger. The beardless photos of Hayes and Garfield are tough to figure out, aren’t they? How well did you do?
by Mike Purdy | Jun 14, 2015 | John F. Kennedy
A one minute video clip of President John F. Kennedy was finally made public after 54 years. The video clip of JFK was filmed on an 8 mm camera owned by a U.S. Army employee who was on hand in Paris on June 2, 1961 as the president visited the Supreme Headquarters...
by Mike Purdy | May 7, 2015 | Electoral College, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon
There are countless factors that went into John F. Kennedy’s razor thin electoral victory over Richard M. Nixon for the presidency in 1960. Close Race: It was a close race, with just over 100,000 votes nationally separating the two candidates. Kennedy won...
by Mike Purdy | May 6, 2015 | Benjamin Harrison, Bill Clinton, Books, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Electoral College, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, George Washington, Gerald Ford, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, John Quincy Adams, Name Changes, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Speeches, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, Woodrow Wilson, Zachary Taylor
Presidential History Roundup #7: An Unlikely Presidential Friendship, Top 10 Presidential Dogs, Dynasties, New Reagan Biography, No Money to Attend Inauguration. Interesting news about Presidential history from PresidentialHistory.com. Washington Borrowed Money to...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 29, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Chester Arthur, Constitution, Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Impeachments, James Buchanan, John F. Kennedy, Presidential History Roundup, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt
Presidential History Roundup #6: Assassins, Sports, Performance, Impeachment, Nomination Process, JFK Quiz. Interesting news about Presidential history: How Much Do You Know About JFK? Take this short, multiple choice quiz with just 10 questions plus one bonus...
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