August Gennerichnot only served as PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt’sbodyguard, he was also a close family friend. “The Talk of the Town” featured a lengthy account of the man, an excerpt of which is below: ON GUARD…Augustus “Gus” Gennerich(1887-1936) was a friend ofFranklin and Ele...
His young children romped on the White House lawn, and the marriage of his daughter Alice in 1905 to Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio became the biggest social event of the decade. From what he called the presidency’s “bully pulpit,” Roosevelt gave speeches aimed at raising public ...