Tyler’s legacy hasn’t particularly improved since his death. His fellow presidents express little admiration for their predecessor who betrayed his country. Harry Truman called him “one of the presidents we could have done without.” Theodore Roosevelt described Tyler as “a politician of monument...
Comment: The Library of Congress contains more of Hoover's first-hand recollections of eight presidents. Smith, Ira R. T.; Morris, Joe Alex. "Dear Mr. President:" The Story of Fifty Years in the White House Mail Room. New York: Julian Messner, 1949. a p.52 Comment: Ira Smith was...
Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents Was Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican or a Democrat? Haudenosaunee ConfederacyMap of the initial nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, fromHistory of the Five Indian Nations Depending on the Province of New-York, by Cadwallader Colden, 175...
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The Rossoneri’s history is now the stuff of legend, as are the men who have helped to write it – be they presidents, coaches or footballers. There have been so many historic figures, from the Englishman Alfred Edwards, under whom the Club won its first league title, and Andrea Rizzoli...
When a Jewish man named Isidore Greenbaum tried to mount the stage, he was tackled by members of the gray-shirted German American Bund, a pro-Hitler group that organized the rally, who handed him over to police. Attendees paid 40 cents to $1.10 to enter. ...
asked for permission to capture Florida for the United States. Jackson ultimately did so, but Monroe later claimed no such permission had ever been given. Jackson disagreed. A "massive misunderstanding" had somehow occurred. In fact, Monroe may never have been aware of the letter or its content...
Most presidents have needed a kind of Linus Blanket—the thumbsucking symbol of security carried around by the Peanuts comic character. John Kennedy had Keeny O'Donnel and Bill Clinton had Bruce Lindsey, friends and confidantes who had the sense not to overplay their access to the president bu...
But day in day out, those machines had to run, and those workers were not paid unless they produced shirt pockets. Trimmed on the sides, hemmed on the top, and in stacks of 100s, ready to be attached to a shirt that’s being made somewhere else. I’d done production work, too. ...
I said, “I’ve photographed presidents, thePopeand theQueen of Englandwhile I was wearing blue jeans. I don’t think these folks are any more special.” Here’s the account of how I was called to photograph theQueen in the Bahamas. ...