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Monthly Archives: December 2024
FDR’s Thanksgiving Muddle
Thanksgiving has been a beloved national holiday since Abraham Lincoln’s time. Even Earlier… Of course, American Thanksgiving days have been celebrated in various forms since the earliest colonists first arrived. The Pilgrims have co-opted it of course, but there are … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Moving the Thanksgiving date, President Franklikn D. Roosevelt, Presidential history, Santa Claus illustration, Thanksgiving celebrations, The confusion of moving the Thanksgiving date, The Great Depression, The start of WWII, Thomas Nast illustratioin, Thomas Nast's Santa, US history, White House history
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Archie Roosevelt’s Christmas Surprise
Christmas a la Roosevelt Few White House families were as robust and open for fun as Theodore Roosevelt, his wife, six children and a slew of pets. Nevertheless, very few stories, articles or even anecdotes are about how the TR’s … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin Pierce, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Archie Bullock Roosevelt, Archie Roosevelt, Christmas at the White House, Christmas trees in the White House, Edith Carow Roosevelot, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Gifford Pinchot, history, Journalist Robert Lincoln O’Brien, President Benjamin Harrison, President Franklin Pierce, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, The “White House Gang”, The Roosevelt children, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s children, TR’s son Archie, US history, White House history
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James Armistead Lafayette: Revolutionary Spy
James… never in his youth used the surname Armistead. Trying to Trace the Untraceable Information It is a nearly impossible job to accurately delve into long-long-ago history when scant records were kept. It is all the harder when the information … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged American history, American Revolution, Benedict Arnold, British General Cornwallis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Charles Cornwallis, General George Washington, General Lafayette, history, James Armistead Lafayette, Manumission laws regarding slaves in Virginia, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War spy James Armistead, The American war of Independence, The Marquis de Lafayette, US history, William Armistead of New Kent County
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