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Herbert Hoover Did Something Donald Trump is Unwilling to Do
While Herbert Hoover was deeply critical of his successor, he put aside his differences to ensure the peaceful and democratic transition of power.
by
Meg Jacobs
via
CNN
on
January 20, 2021
We Didn’t Always Pair Poets to Presidents: How Robert Frost Ended Up at JFK’s Inauguration
When poetry met power in January, 1961.
by
John Burnside
via
Literary Hub
on
February 10, 2020
partner
Four More Years: Presidential Inaugurations
An hour of stories about a few high-stakes inaugurations from the past.
via
BackStory
on
January 11, 2013
JFK Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address remains one of the most famous presidential speeches.
by
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
via
JFK Presidential Library
on
January 20, 1961
America’s Decline & Fall
The founders anticipated someone like Trump partly because they’d been reading Edward Gibbon’s 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'
by
Jim Sleeper
via
Commonweal
on
November 24, 2024
Sunrise at Monticello
Jefferson and his connection to partisanship in early America.
by
Michael Liss
via
3 Quarks Daily
on
July 19, 2021
Why Do American Presidential Transitions Take Such a Ridiculously Long Time?
Horseback travel time is only part of the story.
by
Sara Georgini
,
Rebecca Onion
via
Slate
on
December 2, 2020
The History of Military Parades in the U.S.
The Trump Administration has clamored for a military parade. What are the origins of tank-led celebrations?
by
Marissa Fessenden
via
Smithsonian
on
February 7, 2018
The Most Successful First 100 Days Of An Administration Didn't Belong To Who You Think
Dwight Eisenhower did more in his first hundred days than change laws—he changed a culture.
by
Kevin M. Kruse
via
Esquire
on
April 27, 2017
Can History Prepare Us for the Trump Presidency?
Twenty-one historians explain which moments in history are closest to the Trump election - and what we can learn.
via
Politico Magazine
on
January 22, 2017
Hey Man, We’re Out of Runway
On three histories of the Biden White House, and the 2024 election.
by
Christian Lorentzen
via
London Review of Books
on
July 8, 2024
The Club of Cape-Wearing Activists Who Helped Elect Lincoln—and Spark the Civil War
The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nation.
by
Jon Grinspan
via
Smithsonian
on
April 1, 2024
A New Planet in the System
Early Americans conscripted the universe into their nation-building project.
by
Gordon Fraser
via
Lapham’s Quarterly
on
July 8, 2021
This Anthem Was Made For You and Me?
A breakdown of how Woody Guthrie's hit song "This Land" has evolved over time.
by
Abigail Shelton
via
Clio and the Contemporary
on
July 2, 2021
The Secret Life of the White House
The residence staff, many of whom have worked there for decades, balance their service of the First Family with their long-term loyalty to the house itself.
by
Susannah Jacob
via
The New Yorker
on
February 24, 2021
The GOP Test
History is asking only one question right now as Trump refuses to concede. Will the Republicans decide they are no longer an American political party?
by
Sean Wilentz
via
Democracy Journal
on
November 12, 2020
Biden's 2020 Election Win Over Trump is Step One. But 'Lame Ducks' Can Do Damage.
Biden will take over a country facing myriad challenges. And Trump's lame-duck period could be one of the most treacherous in American history.
by
William Adler
via
NBC News
on
November 8, 2020
The Presidential Transition That Shattered America
A Trump-Biden transition is sure to be scary. But it’d be hard to beat Buchanan-Lincoln.
by
Rebecca Onion
,
Susan Schulten
via
Slate
on
October 28, 2020
On the Peaceful Transfer of Power
Lessons from 1800.
by
Sara Georgini
via
Perspectives on History
on
September 29, 2020
The Bitter Origins of the Fight Over Big Government
What the battle between Herbert Hoover and FDR can teach us.
by
Kim Phillips-Fein
via
The Atlantic
on
January 31, 2019
What Cheer, Though?
Joyce Chaplin on the malevolence of American goodwill.
by
Joyce Chaplin
via
The Times Literary Supplement
on
January 23, 2018
Draining the Swamp
Washington may be the only city on Earth that lobbied itself into existence.
by
Ted Widmer
via
The New Yorker
on
January 19, 2017
Dressing Down for the Presidency
Thomas Jefferson's republican simplicity.
by
Gaye Wilson
via
White House Historical Association
on
November 1, 2012
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