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The Rise of the Evangelicals: FDR and Defining Democracy.

March 11, 2023
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Lifestyle, Our Great American Heritage, Uncategorised

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is remembered as an icon, sometimes mentioned in the same breath as Lincoln and Washington. Over the decades, most polls place Roosevelt in the top ten and usually in the top five most effective Presidents. His...

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By Allen Cornwell
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Herbert Hoover and the Lost Presidency of 1932.

June 9, 2020
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Inspiration, Lifestyle, Our Great American Heritage

It is doubtful if Herbert Hoover uttered those words. Still, his 1928 Presidential campaign advertised him as the candidate who promised “a chicken for every pot and a car in every garage,” which translated into the message that most Americans...

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By Allen Cornwell
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Dreams, Lies, and Flapper Girls: The Myth of the 1920’s.

July 4, 2017
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Inspiration, Lifestyle, Our Great American Heritage

Barbara Stanwyck, worked as a Ziegfeld Follies dancer in 1924, but the public identified her as a flapper girl. She later became a major Hollywood film star of the 1930's and 40's.

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By Allen Cornwell
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