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Vor 2 Tagen · When a family member agreed to sell them a house, “the title was put in Ida’s name — evidently a precaution against a recurrence of David’s wanderlust,” Smith writes. That was also out of character for a woman in the 1890s. Throughout all this, “she always had a song in her heart,” one of her sons (Milton) later said. “Of all ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The 1956 United States presidential election was the 43rd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, were re-elected, defeating for a second time Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, former Illinois governor.
Vor 2 Tagen · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II. A republican, as president, he presided over a period that was characterized by economic prosperity and conformity in the midst of the Cold War.
Vor 2 Tagen · Eisenhower was incensed, stating, “General, all you’re saying is that I’m a liar, and I am not a liar, and so I’d like to go back to the United States right away.”. Eisenhower also said, “This misunderstanding caused considerable resentment, and never again were we on the same warm and cordial terms.”. This was not the first time ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Eisenhower's Order of the Day, which he had begun writing in February 1944, started off with, "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. "The ...
Vor 2 Tagen · On July 9, 1943, Dwight David Eisenhower knelt in prayer on a mountaintop overlooking the island of Malta to ask for God’s help as the Allies began their all-out assault on Sicily. As the weather rapidly worsened, the American general had to decide whether to proceed with the carefully planned invasion. After praying passionately, he ordered the attack to go forward, and it succeeded beyond ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Addressing current as well as historical debates about Modernism, this book includes discussion of the Harlem Renaissance, feminism and women's writing, international and global movements and anti-imperialism, while acknowledging the variety of competing modernisms.
