By Thomas F. Schwartz HHPLM image #AL 57-02 On May 30, 1931, President Herbert Hoover used Memorial Day to honor George Washington and recount the significance of the winter encampment at Valley Forge. Washington had to evacuate Philadelphia, selecting a site eighteen miles outside of the city where his army of roughly 12,000 men could … Continue reading Hoover’s Valley Forge Address
by Spencer Howard The bicentennial of Washington's birth in February, 1932, was an occasion celebrated throughout the United States, and around the world. The official George Washington Bicentennial Commission was established by President Coolidge in December 1924, and over the succeeding seven years it organized numerous projects, programs and celebrations to commemorate the historic date, … Continue reading Washington’s Birthday Bicentennial: Planting a Tree
