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How Much Do You Know About Presidential Campaign Slogans?

1. Harry S. Truman’s campaign slogan in 1948 was: a) “I’m Just Wild About Harry b) “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry” c) “Pour It On ‘Em, Harry” d) All of the above Answer: All of the above. The first was derived from a popular song written in 1921 by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake; the second echoed the spontaneous cries of

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September 2012 by Bill Hogan 0
Featured, Washington History

The Coup That Wasn’t

ONE FROSTY DAWN in November 1934, 500,000 World War I veterans rolled out of their blankets in the pine barrens around the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Elkridge, Maryland. The brassy bugle notes of “Assembly” hurried them to the camp’s parade ground, where, mounted on a white steed and surrounded by his staff, they found their leader, Major General

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June 1983 by Bill Hogan 0
Washington History

Washington in Wartime

A dense curtain of fog gripped the Long Island coastline in the early hours of June 13, 1942, parted here and there only by misty beams of moonlight. Amagansett Beach, a sheltered stretch of rolling dunes and tall grasses, was deserted, serene.

June 1982 by Bill Hogan 0
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