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    ourpresidents

    The American Red Cross was founded on this day — May 21, 1881.

    On the founding anniversary of the American Red Cross, here’s Kathleen Kennedy in her A.R.C. uniform from World War II. The photo was taken in London, circa 1943.

    Kathleen was the second daughter and fourth child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.

    While in college, Kathleen Kennedy began volunteering for the Red Cross in New York in the summer of 1940.  After working for the Times-Herald newspaper, she rejoined the war effort by volunteering again for the Red Cross, this time in London. Read More

    -From the JFK Library

    Our gratitude goes out to all the volunteers and relief workers of the Red Cross in Oklahoma today, and across the world everyday.

    #History #Red Cross #Amercian Red Cross #Kathleen Kennedy #Kennedy Family #JFK #volunteers #WWII #women's history
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      ourpresidents

      Opening today at the LBJ Library — “The First Ladies Collection” of Madame Alexander dolls.  Shown here are two of the dolls that will be on display, Jaqcueline Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson, both dressed in their inaugural gowns.

      The dolls will be on display in the Great Hall of the LBJ Library through November. 


      More - Slideshow from the LBJ Library

      Source: facebook.com
      #JFK #LBJ #lbj library #Jacqueline Kennedy #Lady Bird Johnson #FLOTUS #exhibits #inauguration #austin #texas #fashion #dolls #madame alexander
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        congressarchives

        On May 20, 1797, President John Adams nominated his son, John Quincy Adams, to be Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia. JQA served in this position until 1801.

         Nomination of John Quincy Adams to be Minister Plenipotentiary, 5/20/1797, McCormick Collection, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306287)

        #us history #us national archives #us congress #history #john adams #john quincy adams #prussia #us senate
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          mypubliclands

          An amazing photo of the Absaroka Mountains in northwest Wyoming is provided by Gretchen Hurley, a geologist in the Cody Field Office, BLM-Wyoming. 

          Source: facebook.com
          #bureau of land management #wyoming #mountains #landscape #nature #sky #scenic
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            todaysdocument

            On May 20, 1873, Jacob W. Davis of Levi Strauss & Co. received patent #139,121 for an “improvement in fastening pocket openings.” Davis’s improvement consisted of “the employment of a metal rivet or eyelet at each edge of the pocket opening to prevent the ripping of the seam at those points.”

            In a deposition given during a patent infringement lawsuit in 1874, Davis recounts the story of how he came to first use rivets on work pants. He explains how, in January 1871, a woman asked him to make a pair of pants for her husband and to make them strong. Before working on the pants, he had been using rivets to attach straps to horse blankets, and when he noticed the rivets lying on the table, he thought to use them to attach the pockets.

            Patent Drawing for J. W. Davis’ Fastening Pocket Openings, 05/20/1873

            via Prologue: Forever in blue jeans…and in court

            Source: research.archives.gov
            #History #patent #patents #patent drawing #fashion history #1870s #May 20 #inventions #vintage #fashion #Levi Strauss #Levis #Jacob W. Davis
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              lbjlibrary

              April 25, 1967. After the memorial service for Konrad Adenauer, President Johnson attends a luncheon at German President Luebke’s residence where he sits next to President DeGaulle of France.

              National Security Advisor Walt Rostow described the meeting for the Daily Diary:

              “The two were extremely courtly and courteous to each other. There was virtually nothing of substance except for some elegant fencing on who should invite whom to what country. The duel ended in a draw: no visit decided upon as of this moment. DeGaulle offered the President the biggest chateau outside of Paris, and the President countered by saying that he would always be glad to see him sometime, perhaps when DeGaulle comes through en route to Expo ‘67—in other words, no hits, no runs, and no errors—no ball game.”

              Top: LBJ Library photo A4047-7, public domain. President Luebke’s residence photo courtesy of the German Federal Archives via Wikimedia Commons.

               

              LBJ Presidential Library photo A4047-8.

              #LBJ #history #France #Charles DeGaulle #foreign policy #diplomacy #Europe
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                mypubliclands

                This Sandhill crane is busy reinforcing the grassy tuft upon which its two eggs sit near the Pinedale Field Office in Wyoming. Egg laying usually occurs during April and May when the cranes return from their wintering grounds in the southern U.S. and South America.

                Sandhill cranes share parenting responsibilities, both helping to incubate the eggs and brood and feed the chicks.

                Photos: Shelley Gregory

                Source: facebook.com
                #bureau of land management #wyoming #wildlife #nature #birds #cranes
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                  usnatarchivesexhibits

                  STRAWBERRY FIELD NEAR ROUTE 50, 06/1973 

                  From the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency (12/02/1970-)

                  It’s National Pick Strawberries Day! Enjoy the sweet taste of the delicious fruit fresh from the field.

                  Source: http://go.usa.gov/2w65

                  #US National Archives #National Archives #Searching for the Seventies #DOCUMERICA #strawberries #Maryland #Jim Pickerell
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                    aotus
                    Affidavit of Lyman A. Cutlar Regarding Pig Shooting, September 7, 1859

                    Round Two of US-Canadian Rivalry

                    On the 15th of June in 1859, Lyman Cutlar, an American recently settled on San Juan Island, shot a pig which ” … having been at several times a great annoyance and that morning destroyed a portion of his garden … ”

                    The pig belonged to the British Hudson Bay Company who demanded compensation in the amount of $100. The astonished Cutlar valued the pig at less than $10. While not the shot heard round the world, it did mark the beginning of the Pig War-a border dispute between the United States and Canada. 

                    An early commemoration of the anniversary of The Pig War was the excuse for the staff of the National Archives in Washington and our friends across the street at the Canadian Embassy to once again test public opinion-this time on bacon. This year celebrity judges tied on the bacon vote but the popular vote (20.5 to 4.5) put the United States over the top. 

                    Read the full post on the AOTUS blog

                    #Pig War #Lyman Cutlar #events #bacon #canada #border dispute
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                      ourpresidents reblogged fdrlibrary

                      fdrlibrary:

                      Day 43: May 18

                      Leg braces used by Franklin Roosevelt
                      (Steel, leather)

                      FDR could not stand without the support of leg braces like these. They were strapped to his legs and locked at the knee. These braces weigh approximately ten pounds.

                      In order to appear to “walk” in public, Roosevelt used a cane and a strong companion’s arm to support his weight while he pitched his body forward. This required skill and considerable upper body strength, developed through practice and exercise.

                      #FDR #disabilities history #Franklin D. Roosevelt #Polio #history
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