by Mike Purdy | Mar 20, 2016 | Abraham Lincoln, Campaigns, Elections, Electoral College, John F. Kennedy, Quotes, Speeches, Thomas Jefferson
What do the candidates for president in 2016 believe, both in terms of faith and policy positions? How important has religion been to our presidents, and what do the current candidates believe about religion? Are there any historical precedents surrounding any of...
by Mike Purdy | Dec 14, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Campaigns, Quotes, Speeches, Warren Harding
Foreshadowing what many would later say about the nation’s 29th president, Warren G. Harding’s propensity to use too many meaningless words, Abraham Lincoln once wrote about someone with whom he differed on issues as follows: “He can compress more...
by Mike Purdy | Jul 1, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Books, Speeches
Don’t forget about my contest to write a 272 word response or reflection on Abraham Lincoln’s 272 word Gettysburg Address! Free Book: The best entry will receive a free copy of the recently published book Gettysburg Replies, a compilation of 100...
by Mike Purdy | Jun 16, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Speeches
In his now famous Gettysburg Address that he delivered on November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln misjudged the significance of his comments in dedicating a cemetery for the thousands of Union soldiers who had died at the Battle of Gettysburg just four and a half...
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 20, 2015 | George Washington, Speeches
The year was 1783. British General Lord Cornwallis had surrendered at Yorktown in 1781. George Washington had held together the rag-tag army of continental soldiers for eight long years, hoping against hope, and in the end had miraculously defeated the world’s...
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