The ‘S’ in ‘Harry S. Truman’ Really DID Stand for Something
So now it comes out that the ‘S’ in the name of Harry S. Truman actually did have a meaning. For years we’ve heard people say that the S “doesn’t …..
Posts tagged: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt Wrote a Daily Newspaper Column for 25 Years
Earlier we were speaking of the polio diagnosis of President Franklin Roosevelt. Now let’s chat a bit about the stamina of his wife, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. For years, Eleanor …..
FDR Probably Got Polio at a Boy Scout Jamboree
You learn something new every day, and today we learned how future president Franklin D. Roosevelt got polio at age 39. Or how he probably got it: from the Boy …..
Answers, Questions, and the Big Dream
For decades, game shows have been the TikTok of television. Regular old you and I were never going to appear on I Love Lucy or Lost in Space or Breaking …..
FDR’s Four Freedoms Were Meant For the Entire World, It Turns Out
A visit to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in the middle of the East River in New York City.
Photos of a Gutted White House
NationalJournal has posted some photos from during the reconstruction of the White House during the Truman years.
Pearl Harbor Day Tribute: Chester Nimitz
Here’s a December 7th salute to Admiral Chester Nimitz.After the disaster of Pearl Harbor in 1941 (disaster for American forces, that is), Nimitz was the man appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt to take over the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet and clean up the mess.
“Holy General Jackson!” Truman Becomes President
Simpler times.The Senate historian describes the day in 1945 that Harry Truman became president of the United States:
One Minute of Historical Audio: Alben W. Barkley
Below is the audio recording of Vice President Alben William Barkley speaking his last words, on 30 April 1956. Barkley had a heart attack in the middle of a speech at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He was 78 years old at the time, serving as a U.S. senator from Kentucky.