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Members of the President's OWN PARTY - fed up with him, protested outside the White House, hung him in effigy, threw rocks and fired guns - while he and the First Lady cowered inside. The President? John Tyler - On This Day in 1841 (more)
Tyler, a states’ rights president, thought that the Constitution placed limits on what the federal govt. could do. This led to a series of vetoes of bills passed by his own Whig party—which made lawmakers furious; their violent protest perhaps the worst ever at the White House
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First film screened in the new White House movie theater - this day in 1942 - and it was a good one
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World War II was over and America stood astride the world like a colossus; never again would it be so utterly dominant: half the world's GDP, untouched by the war itself - the only country with the bomb
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Two Presidents died on this day. Modest men from the Midwest, each had been VP for just a few months before ascending to the top job. Harry Truman, the 33d POTUS (1945-53), died in 1972; Gerald Ford, the 38th (1974-77) in 2006
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Truman oversaw the Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, Korean War and creation of NATO—the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—a pillar of global peace and order for nearly 3/4 of a century - but is now threatened /3
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ALERT: The Trump administration has a plan to drastically curtail protests in DC, shutting down space in front of White House, charging massive fees, & banning stages & sound systems for rapid-response demonstrations. Deadline for comments? Monday, Oct 15: regulations.gov/document?D=NPS…
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