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Tag Archives: President Franklin D Roosevelt
Saying Goodbye to FDR
Death is always private, but the death of a world figure becomes a public event. President Roosevelt’s Health When Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in April, 1945, the world was stunned. He had been US president for twelve years, just recently … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, FDR and polio, FDR at Yalta, FDR's Little White House, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Graham Jackson, Harry Truman, history, Hyde Park NY, Little White House in Warm Springs, President Franklin D Roosevelt, presidential deaths, Presidential funerals, Presidential history, Presidential illness, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. history, Warm Springs GA, White House history
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An FDR White House Christmas
For twelve years, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt occupied in the White House and spent more Christmas holidays there than any other first family. Strictly Roosevelt Traditions Some holiday traditions are more or less universal. Then, of course, there are those … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Christmas in the White House, Eleanor Rooseelt's Christmas book, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fala the FDR dog, FDR, FDR's dog Fala, FDR's estate at Hyde Park, FDR's family, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady History, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Presidential Christmas traditions, Presidential history, The forge at Val-Kill, US history, Val-Kill, White House Christmas gifts, White House history
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Ike ’52: The Best known Candidate of All
Dwight David Eisenhower was past 60 when he ran for President in 1952. Ike: Boy to Man There is virtually nothing in the early years of Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) that would point to the glories of his maturity. He … Continue reading
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Tagged "I Like Ike", American history, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisehnower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Bernard Montgomery, General Charles deGaulle, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General George C. Marshall, General George Patton, General Ike, history, Ike and NATO, Ike Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Mrs. Ike, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, President of Columbia University, Presiential history, Secretary of War George C. Marshall, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, The Eisenhower family, the Invasion of Europe, US history, White House history, Winston Churchill
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Bess Truman’s First Press Conference
Few First Ladies were more reluctant to be in the public eye than Bess Truman. Mrs. Truman becomes FLOTUS Late in the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Bess Truman (1885-1982) received a phone call from her husband. There was a … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's mother, Chief Justice Harlan Stone, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Bess Truman, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady History, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman becomes President, history, Madge Gates Wallace, Madge Wallace, Mrs. Harry Truman, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry S Truman, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, White House history US history
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Mrs. Truman and the Housekeeper
Bess Wallace Truman would not tolerate any disregard to her authority. Bess Wallace: Homebody Bess Wallace (1885-1982) was the granddaughter of a well-to-do flour mill owner from Independence, MO. Her mother, Madge Gates, was a spoiled and self-centered woman, who … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's father David Wallace, Bess Truman's mother Madge Gates Wallace, Bess Wallace Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Bess Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, Henrietta Nesbitt, history, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, Presidential history, US history, White House cuisine, White House history, White House housekeeper Henrietta Nesbitt
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VP John Nance Garner: “Cactus Jack”
The longest lived Vice President was FDR’s first VEEP, John Nance Garner. He lived to be just shy of his 99th birthday. JNG: Rural Texan John Nance Garner (1867-1965) lived between Johnsons: born during VP-turned-POTUS Andrew Johnson’s administration, and died … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Andrew Johnson, Cactus Jack, Cactus Jack Garner, FDR, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, John F. Kennedy, John N. Garner, John Nance Garner, Lyndon B. Johnson, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn, speaker of the House, TX, US history, Uvalde, Vice Presidential history, VP John Nance Garner
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FDR Glimpses the Future: 1920
In 1920, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was thirty-eight years old, and the Democratic party’s candidate for Vice President. FDR: A Moderate Career Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was not a spectacular rise to success by any means. He had a rather spoiled … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Democratic Candidate James Cox, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, FDR's early years, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's early years, Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, history, James Cox, Louis Howe, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Republican candidate for VP Calvin Coolidge, Republican candidate Warren G Harding, The election of 1920, The League of NAtions, the United Nations, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's stroke
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