by Mike Purdy | Jun 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
In my blog posting of June 16, 2015 on Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, I announced a contest. I will give away one free copy of the newly published book “Gettysburg Replies: The World Responds to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.” Free Copy...
by Mike Purdy | May 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
There is a difference of opinion about whether taxpayer supported presidential libraries and museums are appropriate. Personally, I think they serve an incredibly valuable function to help educate the nation about its history, notwithstanding the fact that former...
by Mike Purdy | May 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
20 Years in the Making: Two longtime secretaries of Abraham Lincoln spent 20 years with exclusive access to the slain president’s personal papers. The research conducted by John Hay and John Nicolay resulted in them writing a 10 volume history of Lincoln that...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Unlike Theodore Roosevelt, who called Thomas Jefferson “perhaps the most incapable Executive that ever filled the presidential chair,” President John F. Kennedy had a highly exalted view of the nation’s third president, recognizing him for his...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 13, 2015 | Harry Truman, Uncategorized, White House
Seminar: Barely Avoiding Disaster: Lessons Learned from the White House Reconstruction Project During Harry Truman’s Presidency When and Where: April 21, 2015 (3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Seattle, WA (Bell Harbor International Conference Center) Sponsored by Puget Sound...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
As a testament to the enduring interest of Americans with the lives of our Presidents, biographies of our chief executives continue to be published. For example, a few of the upcoming presidential biographies scheduled to come out in 2015 include the following:...
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