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Monthly Archives: November 2022
General Ike and Princess Elizabeth: First Meeting
General Eisenhower spent several months in England preparing for the D-Day Invasion in 1944. The King and Queen of WWII In no small part, the decisions and actions of Great Britain’s King George VI (1895-1952) were deeply influenced by the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, British King George VI, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, King Edward VIII, King George VI, King George VI of Great Britain, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidential history, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Queen Consort Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, the abdication of Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, US history, Windsor Castle
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Richard M. Johnson: Scandalized Vice President
Richard Mentor Johnson was our first VP Johnson. Andrew (2) and Lyndon (3) came later. RMJ: Kentuckian Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850), was born/raised near what is now Louisville, KY when the area was still part of Virginia. His was a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Martin Van Buren, Nifty History People, William Henry Harrison
Tagged Adaline Johnson, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General William Henry Harrison, history, Imogene Johnson, John Tyler, Julia Chinn, Kentucky history, Martin Van Buren, President Andrew Jackson, President Martin Van Buren, President William Henry Harrison, Presidential history, Richard Johnson and Julia Chinn, Richard Johnson’s common law wife, Richard Mentor Johnson, Tecumseh, The War Hawks of 1812, US history, Vice Presidential history, VP Richard M. Johnson
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The Tea Party Tea Box
A rare treasure of American history! The Boston Tea Party Eons ago when I was in the 4th grade, everybody learned the basics of the Boston Tea Party. The gist being that back in December 1773, colonists in Massachusetts had … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Boston history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Robinson's tgea box, the Beaver, The Beaver Eleanor and Dartmouth, The Boston Tea Party, The Boston Tea Party Museum, The Robinson Half-Chest, The Sons of Liberty, the tax on tea, US history
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Selling McKinley in 1896
Historians frequently point to 1896 as being the first “modern” election. Setting the Stage By 1896, the country was poised for a new century. Huge changes had occurred since the Civil War some 35 years earlier. Railroads crossed the entire … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged American history, “A Full Dinner Pail”, Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech, Feather Schwartz Foster, Former President Benjamin Harrison, history, Ida McKinley, Inventions of 1870-99, Marcus A. Hanna, Mark Hanna, Mark Hanna’s business background, McKinley campaign manager Hanna, Ohio Senator John Sherman, Presidential history, The Election of 1896, The Presidential campaign of 1896, US history, White House history, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley, William McKinley background
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