All posts tagged "roosevelt"
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18.0K32MassachusettsJohn Quincy Adams Takes the Oath of Office – Wearing Pants
John Quincy Adams was inaugurated March 4, 1825 as America’s sixth president. He was principled, intelligent and eloquent, though his principles occasionally...
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6.0K7Crime and ScandalJason Fairbanks Had Two Faces. One Killed Eliza Fales.
The issue is settled: Jason Fairbanks murdered Eliza Fales in 1801, but the story of exactly what happened has never been completely...
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22.0K28ConnecticutMiss Porter’s School Finishes Socialites, Scholars and a First Lady
The educational reformer founded Miss Porter’s School in 1843 could not have imagined the fame, fortune, scandal and accomplishment her students would...
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17.5K5New HampshireThe Tragic Love Affair of Former NH Gov. John Winant and Sarah Churchill
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Winant carried on a secret love affair with Winston Churchill’s favorite daughter during World War II. It...
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5.7K9Flashback PhotosFranklin Roosevelt Celebrates Franksgiving, er, Thanksgiving
On Aug. 14, 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt invented a new holiday: Franksgiving. He did it by declaring Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the...
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4.0K2Business and LaborFlashback Photos: Farm Auction in Derby, Conn., 1940
These photos of a farm auction in Derby, Conn., were taken in September 1940 by Jack Delano. Delano worked for the Farm...
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26.2K34Flashback PhotosThe Great 1938 Hurricane, A Once-In-A-Lifetime Storm
The Great 1938 Hurricane took almost everyone by surprise. Sept. 21, 1938, was supposed to be a breezy fall day in New...
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20.7K14MassachusettsThe Heat Wave of 1896 Launches Teddy Roosevelt to the White House
When the heat wave of 1896 finally ended on Aug. 13, 1896, it left behind a record of suffering and death ‘long...
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5.1K8MassachusettsRose Kennedy, An Old-Fashioned Girl (Sort Of)
Rose Kennedy didn’t drink and she didn’t smoke. She told people who offered her a drink or a cigarette, “Well, I am just...
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80.4K5Arts and LeisureJohn L. Sullivan, America’s First Superstar Athlete
“My name’s John L. Sullivan and I can lick any son-of-a-bitch alive!” If you heard those words shouted out in the 1880s,...
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