What Would Give Your Life the Fullest Dinner Pail?
on January 31, 2023
Chapter: 2023 - January
Characters: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, James K Polk, James Monroe, Richard Nixon, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson
Location: White House
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The “Full Dinner Pail” was a popular political image during the McKinley/Roosevelt campaigns. Here’s one of my favorite depictions of it, along with William Jennings Bryan getting crushed underneath: Source: Cleveland Historical from the Center for Public History + Digital[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Bad Luck of Robert Todd Lincoln
Supposedly, the actual quote is “there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present” when turning down a future invitation. His last public appearance was at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial on May 30, 1922, standing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
William McKinley had a garden of red carnations at the White House and would hand them out to guests. As the comic says, he wore one every day of his life after being given one by Dr. L.L. Lamborn, McKinley’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
