...just like Ike
Thank you, and enjoy.
Showing posts with label Presidential Library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Presidential Library. Show all posts
Friday, May 3, 2013
IF ...farewell
A farewell address that read somewhat like a prophecy, Dwight David Eisenhower's omenizing about the military-industrial complex was more a 'good luck' than a 'good bye'.
...just like Ike
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© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
Thank you, and enjoy.
...just like Ike
Thank you, and enjoy.
Friday, November 23, 2012
IF ...zoom
After only 82 days as Vice President for FDR, Harry S Truman zoomed to the presidency and onto the world stage in a role he never overtly sought. World War, Atom bomb, Israel, Dewey defeats, Korean War, McCarthyism, assassination attempt, MacArthur, and the Cold War.
You never know what you'll end up with once you azoom the presidency...
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
© Richard Ewing. All rights reserved.
Thank you, and enjoy.
You never know what you'll end up with once you azoom the presidency...
Thank you, and enjoy.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
IF ...faded
By some accounts, president Ronald Reagan began showing preliminary signs of Alzheimer's in the last few years of his presidency. ~~By the mid-90s he was suffering the full-on effects of the disease, which he endured for nearly 10 years, until his death in 2004. He was 93.
Monday, March 5, 2012
IF ...intention
William Henry Harrison had intentions of serving out his full term as the 9th president of the United States, and he intended to show his virility at the get~go by delivering the longest inaugural speech (near 2 hours) without coat or hat on a cold and soggy day --(followed by a ride a slushy inaugural parade).
Within a few weeks he was fatally ill with pneumonia and pleurisy, and died having served only 32 days as commander in chief. ~~Shortest tenure as president and the first to die in office.
Those sorry presidential accomplishments were about all he had time to achieve.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
IF ...popularity
Even more than his 5th cousin, Teddy, Franklin D Roosevelt could claim to be the most popular president in American history ~~being the only one elected 4 times in a row! Had he lived to see more than the 82 days of his final term he would have clocked in 16 straight years of executive privilege.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Tenderheads
A POWDER BLUE LINCOLN
Our 16th president persevered amidst personal and national traumas despite suffering from melancholia. In many ways an example of fortitude for all.
Monday, January 9, 2012
IF ...grounded
The only PhD president, Woodrow Wilson, was grounded in 1919 (towards the end of his 2nd term) when a stroke paralyzed his left side and left him blind in one eye. For the remainder of his incumbency his wife Edith ran the show acting as delegator and judge of which issues were brought to his attention, and which were not.
Monday, December 19, 2011
If ...sink
Sunday, November 13, 2011
If ...silent
"I have never been hurt by what I have not said."
Our 30th president, Calvin Coolidge, was the most taciturn of American leaders ~Some blame his subdued running of the country for the 1929 stock market crash and the resulting decade of depression...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
If ...contraption
What famous contraption was made of lead, ivory, wire, wood, bone, and human & animal teeth? George Washington, father of our country, might have an idea...
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