October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) January 1 – First New Year’s Day at the White House Journals of the Continental Congress, November 7, 1777Imagine having to host a housewarming – where the house is not warm, or even completely a house. Welcome to John and Abigail Adams’ New Year’s Day […]
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October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) December 11- An (eventual) end to war with France John Adams’ presidency was marked by two unwanted difficulties: the rising and crystallizing of political parties, and an undeclared war with France. The latter was made much more difficult by the former.More from John Adams: play […]
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Happy Thanksgiving!Happy Thanks-giving! ” Once again the season of the year has come when, in accordance with the custom of our forefathers for generations past, the president appoints a day as the special occasion for all our people to give praise and thanksgiving to God.TR, Proclamation 776—Thanksgiving Day, 1907 (made October 26, 1907). play “the custom […]
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October 23: The End of the PA Coal Strike of 1902 ” My Dear Mr. Dunne: I have not had the heart to write to you until this coal strike was out of the way. Now I feel like throwing up my hands and going to the circus; but as that is not possible I […]
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October 16: Mr. Washington comes to dinner October 16: Mr. Washington comes to Dinner ” When I asked Booker T. Washington to dinner I did not devote very much thought to the matter one way or the other.TR, letter to Albion W. Tourgee, November 8, 1901.Theodore Roosevelt had been President of the United States for barely […]
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October 9: TR Takes On Football October 9 ” And so I have called you all down here to see whether you won’t all agree to abide by both the letter and the spirit of the rules, for that will help.TR, according to William Reid, October 9, 1905.The year 1905 was a tough year for football. […]
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September 11-13: Courage and LossSeptember 11-13: Courage and Loss ” Everything is going on most satisfactorily with the President. I feel assured not only that he will recover, but that his recovery will be so speedy that in a very short time he will be able to resume his duties.TR to Fletcher D. Proctor, September […]
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