Category: Presidents

Posts covering all things Presidential.

We Gather Together – Thanksgiving Related Properties in the National Register of Historic Places

by John LeGloahec, posted in African American History, Presidents, Revolutionary War & Early America

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) graders examining Thanksgiving turkeys at Washington, DC market in 1927 (National Archives Identifier 148742769) In 1941, a Joint Resolution of Congress established that Thanksgiving be observed on the fourth Thursday of each month.  There are a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places … Continue reading We Gather Together – Thanksgiving Related Properties in the National Register of Historic Places

A nice house, with a yard, and a dog – Suburbs in the National Register of Historic Places

by John LeGloahec, posted in Cultural and Ethnic Heritage, Electronic Records, Interior/Environment, Presidents, Transportation

Great River Road - Kit Home (National Archives Identifier 7718976) It’s the American Dream to own a little white house with a picket fence, maybe a dog (or a cat) in the yard, with your 2 and a half kids on the swings in the back yard, in the American Suburbs.  There are more than … Continue reading A nice house, with a yard, and a dog – Suburbs in the National Register of Historic Places

It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! Records about Cats and Dogs in the National Register of Historic Places

by John LeGloahec, posted in Presidents

Cat Wearing a Ford's My Man Sign at a Campaign Rally for President Gerald R. Ford (National Archives Identifier 27575830) Here we are in the Dog Days of August and maybe some summer thunderstorms are pouring down rain like cats and dogs.  Did you know there are properties in the National Register of Historic Places … Continue reading It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! Records about Cats and Dogs in the National Register of Historic Places

Cannonball! Swimming Pools in the National Register of Historic Places

by John LeGloahec, posted in Electronic Records, Presidents, Travel and Tourism

Security overlooks ducks swimming in the White House Swimming Pool (National Archives Identifier 276564131) In the month of July, when the temperature is hot, people will find relief in swimming pools all over the country.  Did you know there are a number of pools that are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the … Continue reading Cannonball! Swimming Pools in the National Register of Historic Places

Order in the Court! – Records of Courthouses in the National Register of Historic Places

by John LeGloahec, posted in Electronic Records, Judicial, Presidents

Photograph of Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 594954) There are more than thirty five thousand records with the search term “courthouse” in the National Register of Historic Places records, including both the United States Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 117691883), and the Oklahoma Cherokee Supreme Court Building (National Archives Identifier 86510854). “The Supreme … Continue reading Order in the Court! – Records of Courthouses in the National Register of Historic Places

The Story of Two Presidents and One Dam Model

by John LeGloahec, posted in Executive Branch, Interior/Environment, Presidents, Uncategorized

Today’s post is written by Cody White, Archivist at the National Archives at Denver The contractors were given seven years to do the impossible: dam up the mighty Colorado River in Black Canyon, southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. But it only took them five, when in 1936 the completed dam was formally turned over to … Continue reading The Story of Two Presidents and One Dam Model

Records Relating to Armories in the National Register of Historic Places

by John LeGloahec, posted in Electronic Records, Military Records, Presidents

THE ARMORY IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. BUILT IN 1913, IT HOUSES THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD ON BROADWAY STREET NEAR DOWNTOWN. THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED IN 1854 BY A GROUP OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. IN THE 1960'S THERE WERE VACANT STORES IN THE BUSINESS SECTION WHICH WAS IN NEED OF RENOVATION. WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT THE AREA WAS … Continue reading Records Relating to Armories in the National Register of Historic Places