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Hello from Shangri - La
bullcat jr.:
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--- Quote from: bullcat3 on October 06, 2007, 10:51:15 PM ---Search as we might we couldn't find any pictures of the outside of Nixon's home in San Clemente. Thanks for sharing that link!
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Nixon had a few other dogs along with King Timahoe during his time in the White House he had a Vicky the poodle and Pasha the terrier.
I am not 100% sure but I think the fellow in the far right corner of the picture with the blue shirt and tie is the grandson of a very popular prior president who could he be? Hint!! I think along with being president he was very well known during World War 2.
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He was lucky to have 3 dogs. Mommy said we can only have one. :'(
MassuhDGoodName:
Re: "...He always seemed nice and genuine.[Nixon]..."
Huh?
One thing that has never ceased to amaze me, is that every single person from within various levels of the U.S. government who knew Nixon, all claim still to this day that he was the most intelligent person whom they had ever met in their entire lives!
My favorite story about "Tricky Dick" is the one where Elvis sought an audience with him, and was ushered into the Oval Office, where he greeted Nixon warmly, and asked him to appoint him to the Drug Enforcement Administration so that he could help get American kids off of drugs. The two men then posed for publicity photos...Elvis wearing one of his outfits with a huge jeweled belt buckle and a long purple cape.
Shortly after Elvis "left the building", Nixon is said to have turned to one of his aides, and with dumbfounded seriousness, asked "Who the hell was that guy??!?"
bullcat jr.:
Julie Nixon was married to David Eisenhower. Grandson of President Eisenhower.
I needed lots of help with that one!
cjd:
--- Quote from: bullcat jr. on October 07, 2007, 05:15:02 PM ---FDR had 3 vice presidents :
March 4, 1933 - January 20, 1941
John Nance Garner of Texas
January 20, 1941 - January 20, 1945
Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa
January 20, 1945 - April 12, 1945
Harry S. Truman of Missouri
Nixon had 2
Spiro T. Agnew (R)6 1969–1973 Maryland
Gerald R. Ford (R)7 1973–1974 Nebraska
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Great work and you 100% correct about FDR having 3 vp's I completely forgot about Garner. I am very embarrassed over that because I had completely disregarded him :-[. I have read many books on FDR and I am amazed on how that fact just slipped my mind. I guess old Harry Truman was about the most well known of FDR's vp's because he went on to be president. During his time in the White House Harry Truman's daughters piano almost fell through the floor of the White House. It seems that the old place had become decrepit. During Truman's presidency the entire interior of the White House was gutted out and rebuilt inside the original walls using a steel structure. They tried to reuse as much of the original fixtures as possible to make it look as it did before the rebuild. Three questions. What was Truman's daughters first name? Hint, she writes great spy and mystery novels. Where did the Truman family reside during the renovation? And what very visible change did old Harry make to the outside of the White House?
cjd:
--- Quote from: bullcat jr. on October 07, 2007, 05:33:20 PM ---Julie Nixon was married to David Eisenhower. Grandson of President Eisenhower.
I needed lots of help with that one!
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Well you got it right. Do you know he is the person that Camp David is named after? His grandfather President Eisenhower renamed the place FDR called Shangri-La after him during his time in office and the name seems to have stuck. Here is a great site showing Camp David ( Shangri-La ) It's to bad that this great spot with so much history had to be desecrated by Jimmy Carter and his Camp David Peace accords.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David
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