All posts tagged "Harry Truman"
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7.6KMassachusettsA. Philip Randolph Leads Sleeping Car Porters Out of Slavery
Of the thousands of people who go in and out of Boston’s Back Bay commuter rail station every day, how many pass...
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3.2KMassachusettsTop FDR Advisor Isador Lubin Accused of Pro-Soviet Views
When Isador Lubin walked out of the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 1950, he must have been...
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24.4K4ConnecticutSix New England Presidential Visits and the Stories Behind Them
New England is full of sites that hosted past presidential visits as the country’s leaders came north in search of votes, campaign...
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5.5K5ConnecticutHow 2 New England Architects Saved the White House, Part II
By the summer of 1950, the White House was a shell. President Harry Truman and his family had been evicted from their...
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5.5K10bostonHow 2 New England Architects Saved the White House, Part I
Imagine the White House today with a sunken living room, Danish modern furniture and plywood paneling. The historic old building might have...
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4.5K2New HampshireThe Presidential Primary That Put New Hampshire on the Map
The New Hampshire Presidential Primary might not rank as a crucial early testing ground today were it not for three things. First,...
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