This is a good time to test your knowledge of the vice presidency, which is receiving so much attention in the election campaign. Our quiz will begin with a question everyone should he able to answer. Q. What is unique about the 1984 vice presidential race? A. For the first time in history, a woman (Geraldine Ferraro)… Continue reading Trivia Quiz: U.S. Vice Presidents
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Inspiring Words From Presidents
Presidential oratory has fascinated me during most of my adult life. Glued to the radio, I was enchanted as the silver-tongued 32nd president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, presented his “fireside chats” to rally hope during the Great Depression. Earlier, in his inaugural address, Roosevelt had called for courage in these ringing words: “The only thing we… Continue reading Inspiring Words From Presidents
Provo Bids ‘Goodbye’ to Tom
Provo said goodbye this week to one of its highly respected war heroes. Thomas S. Bullock, prisoner of the Japanese for 3 1/2 years after the fall of Corregidor in World War II. As the sweet strains of “Taps” added a final plaintive touch to graveside services at the Provo Cemetery, many must have reflected… Continue reading Provo Bids ‘Goodbye’ to Tom
Ferraro Could Liven up Senate
Biographical material on Geraldine Ferraro published in connection with her nomination as Democratic candidate for vice president brought out this personality sidelight: She is witty and loves to laugh. Mention of that trait reminded me of a feature article on the “lighter side of Congress” which I wrote in February 1980 as a Scripps League… Continue reading Ferraro Could Liven up Senate
Salute to Freedom Fete Workers
“One cannot help coming away from the celebration uplifted, grateful for a free country… proud to be an American!” The smiling and energetic man who spoke these words was Steven R. Shallenberger, general chairman of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo. He, his top two aides Ben E. Lewis and Don T. Nelson, and over 500… Continue reading Salute to Freedom Fete Workers
Flag Day, a Time to RecaII Creed
The annual 21-day “Honor America” period decreed by Congress between Flag Day and the Fourth of July is a good time to brush up on our historic documents, symbols and traditions. For starters, why not get better acquainted with “The American’s Creed”? The Creed’s significance isn’t in the class of the Constitution. Declaration of Independence or… Continue reading Flag Day, a Time to RecaII Creed
Flag Day Support High in Area
Regrettably we will never know what colonial patriot stood before the Continental Congress June 14, 1777, and moved for adoption of a resolution: “that the flag of the 13 United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field…” Approval of the measure 207 years ago… Continue reading Flag Day Support High in Area
Remembering Heroes of D-Day
Let’s take a few minutes this week to reflect on D-Day. It was just 40 years ago on Wednesday – June 6, 1944 – that the great Allied invasion of the French Normandy coast took place, a vital step toward ending World War II the next year. This “greatest amphibious assault of all time” pierced… Continue reading Remembering Heroes of D-Day
Drop George? Time to Protest
How will the public – and Congress in an election year respond to the United States Postal Service’s decision to interrupt a 142-year tradition by displacing George Washington’s picture from postage stamps? Philatelic portraits of the Father of the Country have appeared on 19 stamps in an unbroken succession since the first postage stamp was issued… Continue reading Drop George? Time to Protest
Remembering Henry’s Oratory
It was March 23, 1775 – 209 years ago this week – that Patrick Henry, one of oratory’s all-time heavy hitters, gave the blazing speech that made his name immortal. There was tension in the air as great men of Virginia gathered in the little St. John’s Church at Richmond for the colony’s second revolutionary convention.… Continue reading Remembering Henry’s Oratory