January 27 – John Marshall becomes Chief Justice (video)
Chief Justice John Marshall is confirmed by the United States Senate. More from John Adams.
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January 22 – Conservation clarified
January 22, 1909Conservation ClarifiedJanuary 22, 1909:Conservation Clarified Conservation of America’s natural resources required knowing what our resources were. And as Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency was in the home stretch, he dropped some knowledge on the American people – with the National Conservation Commission.Here’s President Roosevelt with more: play “the first inventory of its natural resources”America had […]
Keep on reading...January 15 – Adams meets the Sons of Liberty (video)
January 15 – John Adams meets the Sons of LibertyJanuary 15 – John Adams meets the Sons of Liberty Adams is invited to attend a meeting of one of the more infamous groups in Boston during the 1700s: the Sons of Liberty. More from John Adams: play “I was invited by Crafts and Trott, to go and […]
Keep on reading...January 8 – History This Month – Rough Riders published (video)
January 1899″The Rough Riders”December 4, 1902 In January 1899, Theodore Roosevelt marked the beginning of a long relationship with the publisher Charles Scribner, publishing the first chapters of the serialized version of his book, The Rough Riders.Theodore Roosevelt, from this book of war, learns to keep laughing at himself. play “I’m a literary feller…*”* …not a […]
Keep on reading...January 1 – first New Years at the White House (video)
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 […]
Keep on reading...December 11 – an (eventual) end to Quasi-war with France (video)
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 […]
Keep on reading...December 4 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Confirmed
December 4, 1902December 4, 1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., one of the most notable and quoted Justices of the Supreme Court in the twentieth century, almost wasn’t. And then Theodore Roosevelt came along. play “absolutely sane and sound”When William McKinley was President, rumors were circulating about sitting Associate Justice Horace Gray. Word was that he […]
Keep on reading...November 27- Adams sent to France (video)
October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) November 27 – John Adams sent to France(for the first time) “Ordered, that Mr. Samuel Adams, and Mr. J Adams, have leave of absence to visit their families… Journals of the Continental Congress, November 7, 1777John Adams had been working as a delegate to the […]
Keep on reading...November 20 – A regularly scheduled Thanksgiving (video)
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 […]
Keep on reading...November 13 – Adams (begrudgingly) returns to France (video)
October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) November 13 – John Adams Returns to France(Reluctantly) “I have just sent Mr. Thaxter, Johnny and Stephens with the Things on Board. I shall go with Charles at four O Clock. It is now three.” to Abigail Adams, November 13, 1779John Adams was on a […]
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