Michael Beschloss

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14 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read

Just in today from Brussels — new set of toy plastic leader figurines. Available now — quantities won’t last — not sold separately:

Order today, and as a special bonus, you may also get a toy plastic Richard Nixon figurine — just as animated as in real life:

Presidents in wax, by Madame Tussauds:

Also at Madame Tussauds, LBJ as he looked when about to chew out an aide:

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Michael Beschloss

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12 Jun

Medgar Evers (right), NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, protesting in Jackson eleven days before he was murdered in front of his house, today 1963:

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Looks like plastic toy figures of the 2021 G7 leaders at Cornwall. (Figures are not sold separately):

And when you get tired of moving around the G7 figures, you can buy these seven plastic toy figures of recent Presidents of the United States:

This LBJ figure was sold by Remco in 1964, and no, LBJ is not depicted here sitting on a bathroom fixture:

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11 Jun

During a crucial, partially-improvised Oval Office speech, JFK declares civil rights "a moral issue" and that he will send comprehensive bill to Congress, tonight 1963: #JFKL

Medgar Evers, World War II veteran and NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, was shot to death outside his home, hours after the civil rights speech JFK gave tonight 1963:

Medgar Evers (at left in 1961 photo) with JFK at White House:

Michael Beschloss

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8 Jun

View from Robert Kennedy’s funeral train from New York City to DC, today 1968: #Fusco

Along route of Robert Kennedy’s funeral train, today 1968:

Another scene from Robert Kennedy’s funeral train, today 1968:

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“Pray For Bobby” — Today 1968, Los Angeles:

New York Times Page One, today 1968:

Robert Kennedy (1925-1968):

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Catholic chaplain worships with American soldiers and sailors destined to fight on D-Day at Omaha Beach, this week 1944: #NARA

Knowing how many of them are likely to perish in D-Day invasion of tomorrow 1944, General Eisenhower says goodbye to American paratroopers:

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