Tag: Nixon
Getting Ike into the Loop
Today’s post comes from Christopher Abraham at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. “I am a newspaper reporter and I would like to know if anything unusual happened during either of President Eisenhower’s inaugural ceremonies.” —Anonymous Have you ever seen a U.S. President lassoed by a cowboy? It likely qualifies as “unusual!” General Eisenhower related this [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 18, 2013, under - Presidents, Pennsylvania Avenue, Unusual documents.
Tags: cowboy hats, cowboys, guest blogger, inaugural parade, Inauguration, lasso, Nixon, rodeo, Secret service
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See 13 Inaugurations in Four Days at the National Archives
On Monday, January 21, President Obama will be sworn in for a second term. It will be the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., the President’s swearing-in ceremony will be shown live in the William G. McGowan Theater at the National Archives. If you are in Washington, DC, don’t miss this chance to see [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 14, 2013, under - Presidents.
Tags: Bush, Carter, Clinton, Eisenhower, FDR, Ford, Inauguration, LBJ, Nixon, Obama, Presidents, Reagan, Truman
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Facial Hair Friday: Hang ten, Pat Nixon!
Some time ago, a Facebook fan expressed thanks that we would never combine our First Ladies Friday with our Facial Hair Friday. To which we replied, never say never! Of course, the facial hair in this photograph is not on First Lady Pat Nixon, but that scraggly surfer goatee is in very close proximity to [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 24, 2012, under - Presidents, Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: california, conservation, Facial Hair Fridays, First Ladies, Legacy of PArks, Mexican border, Mexico, Nixon, Pat Nixon, surfing
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A Matter of Simple Justice
Today’s guest post was written by Barbara Hackman Franklin, former White House staff member for the recruitment of women and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce. The story of how Franklin and other women cracked the glass ceiling is finally told in a new book that draws from “A Few Good Women,” an oral history project [...]
Posted by Hilary on March 5, 2012, under - Civil Rights, - Revolutionary War, - Women's Rights.
Tags: "A Few Good women", 1971, Atomic Energy Commission, Barabara Hackman Franklin, Civil Service Commission, Dixy Lee Ray, Federal Maritime Commission, Helen Delich Bentley, Jayne Baker Spain, Marina Whitman, Memorandum for Cabinet Secretaries and Agency Heads, Newsweek, Nixon, Whitman, women
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Football Friday: Presidents and the Pigskin
With Super Bowl Sunday just two days away, we’ve decided to call an audible and make today’s “Facial Hair Friday” into a “Football Friday.” When the New England Patriots and New York Giants collide in this year’s Super Bowl, the two teams will be competing for more than just a National Football League championship. The winner [...]
Posted by Gregory Marose on February 3, 2012, under - Presidents, Uncategorized.
Tags: Bush, Eisenhower, Ford, Kennedy, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Nixon, Pennsylvania Avenue, Reagan, Super Bowl, Vince Lombardi, washington Redskins, White House
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