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Tag Archives: President Franklin D Roosevelt
The Six FLOTUS Widows of 1947
In January, 1947, five (and maybe a “half”) widowed First Ladies were still living. Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947) Frances Cleveland was a First Lady of many distinctions. She was First Lady two separate times, during the non-consecutive terms of Grover … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, First Lady Edith Wilson, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady Frances Cleveland, First Lady Grace Coolidge, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, history, Mary Dimmick Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, President Calvin Coolidge, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential widows, Presidential Wife Mary Harrison, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Eleanor Roosevelt: The Red Cross Uniform
Eleanor Roosevelt begged to visit the soldiers in the Pacific. The Red Cross Uniform Circa WWI The American Red Cross, begun following the Civil War, had its antecedents in Europe even before the Civil War. Clara Barton had been a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nifty History People
Tagged "Bull" Halsey, admiral Halsey, Admiral William H, American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Red Cross, Eleanor Roosevelt visits WW2 hospitals, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady History, Halsey, history, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Red Cross Uniforms in WW!, Red Cross Uniforms in WW2, US history, White House history
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Harry Truman’s Best Birthday Present
Harry Truman was just shy of his 61st birthday when he became President. HST: The Unprepared Vice President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was elected Democratic Senator from Missouri in 1934, two years after Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first elected Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Harry S Truman
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, history, Missouri political boss Pendergast, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry S Truman, Presidential history, The suicide of Adopf Hitler, The Truman Committee, US history, V-E Day, Victory in Europe, VP Harry Truman, White House history, Winston Churchill, World War II, World War II ends
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IKE: Bearing Witness to the Unthinkable
By early April, 1945, US soldiers in Europe were horrified by scenes that had hitherto been semi-dismissed as “rumors.” Death Camps and Corpses For a few years, there had been undercurrent rumors that the Germans had embarked on wholesale internment … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nifty History People
Tagged "Crusade in Europe", American history, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Dwight Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General George C. Marshall, General George Patton, General Ike, General Omar Bradley, General Walton Walker, German concentration camps, history, Holocaust history, Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, President Franklin D Roosevelt, The Holocaust, U.S. history, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, World War II history
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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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Harry S Truman
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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Harry S Truman, Nifty History People
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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