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Michael Beschloss

8 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read

“Ignorance and misinformation can handicap the progress of a city or company. But they can, if allowed to prevail in foreign policy, handicap this country’s security….We can hope that fewer people will listen to nonsense.” JFK in Dallas speech he did not live to deliver 11/22/63

Place setting that waited for President Kennedy at Trade Mart luncheon, Dallas, 11/22/63:

JFK’s prosthetic chair at Trade Mart luncheon, awaiting motorcade’s arrival, Dallas, November 22, 1963:

Invitation to Trade Mart luncheon, Dallas, November 22, 1963:

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7 Jan

Sledding down steps of what is now Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to White House, 1921: #LOC

No one should try this at home!

In snow, Franklin Roosevelt at age 22 with dog Tip: #FDRL

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7 Jan

A Senator celebrates thirty-ninth birthday with wife at Stork Club, 1956:

Stork Club menu, 1948. Do not miss the Boneless Stuffed Cornish Hen a la Walter Winchell:

Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner and Judy Garland at El Morocco, New York, 1956:

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31 Dec 21

Scene from “The Way We Were” (1973):

Outtakes from photo session for “Way We Were”:

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@WilliamsCollege crew (on Lake Onota, Pittsfield, Mass.) is featured in opening scenes of “The Way We Were” (1973):

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Michael Beschloss

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30 Dec 21

In “The Godfather,” Hyman Roth and Johnny Ola were based on real-life mobsters Meyer Lansky and Vincent Alo, here enjoying birthday cake, just as in the movie:

Michael Corleone was said to be partly based on Chicago airport namesake Butch O’Hare, who became a World War II hero and died in battle, it was said, with an aim of overcoming his father’s dark past as Al Capone’s onetime collaborator:

In real life, not “Godfather Part II,” Castro rebels arrive in Havana for New Year 1959:

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28 Dec 21

Time capsule from the removed Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond is being opened at this moment:

Time capsule has been opened:

So far, this is not exactly “National Treasure.”

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27 Dec 21

LBJ celebrating his last Christmas, with family, LBJ Ranch, yesterday 1972. With ranch now open to public, this dining room looks much the same, except for that Lady Bird had linoleum floor yanked out and replaced by wood parquet after her husband’s death:

For those eager to search for replicas of Presidential furniture, at left is the hide-covered chair with little stirrups that LBJ often sat in while presiding at head of his ranch dining room table:

Note the desk in LBJ’s ranch office during his Presidency—he was using Nixon’s old Vice Presidential desk—after his 1968 election, Nixon went looking for it—learned that LBJ had flown it to Texas—Nixon had it flown back to DC, where he used it for all of his time in Oval Office:

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