Presidential History Roundup #4

by Mike Purdy | Apr 15, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Homes, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Warren Harding, White House

Presidential History Roundup #4:  Interesting news about Presidential history: 1st President to pay income tax:  On March 14, 1923, President Warren G. Harding became the first President to file an income tax return.  He filed his return for 1922 and paid $17,990 in...

Seminar: Lessons Learned from the White House Reconstruction Project

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...

Presidential History Roundup #2

by Mike Purdy | Apr 1, 2015 | Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Presidential Greatness, Presidential History Roundup, Ronald Reagan, White House

Presidential History Roundup #2 – Interesting news about Presidential history: Presidential Greatness:  New survey of Presidential greatness is predictable but also offers some surprises.  Check out the following links: Washington Post article from February 16,...

Presidential History Roundup #1

by Mike Purdy | Mar 25, 2015 | Barack Obama, Books, Dwight Eisenhower, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, White House

Presidential History Roundup #1:  Interesting news about Presidential history: Eisenhower:  So you think you know Ike?  What did former speechwriter William Ewald know about Eisenhower? Ewald passed away on March 16, 2015 at age 89. Nixon: Nixon’s secret and...

Before the White House…Philadelphia had the President’s House

by Mike Purdy | Sep 3, 2014 | George Washington, John Adams, White House

With a brokered deal in which regional interests competed for the permanent capital of the fledgling new United States of America, it was decided that the temporary capital for ten years would be located in the city that had birthed the Declaration of Independence and...

The Hidden White House: 3 Lucky Winners of the Book

by Mike Purdy | Jan 3, 2014 | Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, White House

Mike Purdy and daughter, Janet Purdy On January 1, 2014, I put the email addresses of the 208 subscribers to this Presidential History Blog in a hat and had my daughter draw three names. Reconstruction of White House:  Three lucky individuals won a free copy...