Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives at the White House with Henry Wallace after being elected for a third term. November 7, 1940.
Source: presidentialtimeline.org
Strategy, 1952
Harold Stassen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Arthur Vandenberg Jr. discussing campaign strategy.
August 29, 1952.
-from the Eisenhower Library
Source: presidentialtimeline.org
President Ford campaigns in New York before returning to Michigan for the final days of the election campaign. Nassau County Veterans Coliseum, Hempstead, New York. October 31, 1976.
-from the Gerald R. Ford Library
Source: fordlibrarymuseum.gov
President and Mrs. Bush make a campaign whistle stop tour on the train, “Spirit of America,” across Ohio.
26 September 92
-from the George H.W. Bush Library
Rally, 1972
Richard Nixon speaking at a campaign event at Nassau County Coliseum in New York. 10/23/1972.
-from the Nixon Library
Source: research.archives.gov
Franklin D. Roosevelt Whistle Stop Tour,
Campaigning aboard train “The Roosevelt Special” with son, James at New Albany, Indiana. October 22, 1932.
-from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.
Source: facebook.com
Ohio Whistle Stop, 1984
President Ronald Reagan makes remarks in Ottawa, Ohio during his whistle stop tour through Ohio on the Ferdinand Magellan. 10/12/84.
-from the Ronald Reagan Library
Source: reagan.utexas.edu
Source: presidentialtimeline.org
Helen Keller was born on this day in 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. During her extraordinary lifetime she met 13 U.S. Presidents from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson. She also wrote letters to eight of these Presidents, starting in 1903 with Theodore Roosevelt. She received a reply for each.
This picture is of Helen Keller with Eleanor Roosevelt and others in Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. 8/25/1954.
The Presidential Libraries hold many other records related to disabilities and in the coming weeks we’ll be inviting you to get involved in making these records more accessible.
Learn more about researching the archives of The Presidential Libraries here.
-from the Roosevelt Library
Source: fdrlibrary.marist.edu
Did you know that the birthdays of Barbara Bush and George H.W. Bush are just 5 days apart? On June 8 1925, Barbara Pierce was born; former President Bush was born on June 12, 1924. Birthday cheers to both!
“Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.”
-Barbara Pierce Bush
Picture of President and Mrs. Bush walking with their dog Millie. 3/3/89.
Source: bushlibrary.tamu.edu
