Articles Containing Tag: presidents

On this Presidents’ Day, a celebration of the country’s commanders-in-chief, we take a look at some amazing facts you might not have known about our nation’s past leaders. Thomas Jefferson: During the War of 1812, the British burned down the… Read More

Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) was dubbed the “Great Communicator.” As the 40th president of the United States, he was able to stimulate economic growth, increase employment, lower inflation, and strengthen the country’s national defense. His “less government is better”… Read More

The 39th president of the United States, James Earl Carter, Jr., otherwise known as Jimmy Carter, was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. His family had a peanut warehouse business, which he took over after his father got… Read More

Nearly every year, the president of the United States delivers a State of the Union address, often called SOTU for short, to inform America of what is going on in the government and what to expect in the near future…. Read More

According to the U.S. Constitution, the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” Today, the president… Read More

Gerald Ford, the 38th US president, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 14, 1913. He was born Leslie Lynch King Jr, but his mother changed his name after divorcing his father and marrying Gerald R. Ford. Though four other… Read More

Father’s Day is a time to celebrate dads and to thank them for all that they have given their children. Being a parent is hard, but imagine that responsibility coupled with being the leader of a nation. On this day,… Read More

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) was the 34th president of the United States. Eisenhower had been a general during World War II and was one of the few who opposed using the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Early… Read More

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States. Working to put himself through college, he became the commander in chief during a difficult time in our nation’s history. Truman had been vice president to Franklin Roosevelt only… Read More

Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon forever changed the United States and international financial systems. U.S. economic conditions in 1971 were not great. The national unemployment rate topped 6%, money supply growth exceeded 10%, and the inflation rate was 4.38%…. Read More

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), or FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States and the only commander in chief to be elected four consecutive terms. Have you heard the saying that the only thing to fear is fear itself?… Read More

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), the 31st president of the United States, was not a popular president at the time. Blamed for the Great Depression, it would be years after he left office before people decided that he wasn’t at fault. The… Read More