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At least some enslaved persons from Highland lived and worked here, with some showing upon voter rolls after the Civil War.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ash-lawn-highland.jpgAsh Lawn - HighlandScholars at James Monroe's Ash Lawn - Highland are incorporating the stories of the local African-American community into the history of the historic site.2019-07-10T14:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/07/04/happy-4th-5/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fdr-at-tammany-hall-nyt-july-5-1929.jpegFDR at Tammany Hall, NYT July 5, 19292019-07-04T10:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/07/02/fdrs-tammany-society/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fdr-letter-from-150th-anniversary-celebration-1786-july-4-1936.jpegFDR letter from 150th anniversary celebration, 1786, July 4, 1936Franklin Roosevelt wrote this letter to the Tammany Society on July 2, 1936.It was read aloud two days later at the Tammany wigwam on 17th Street and 4th Avenue during the Tammany Society's annual Independence Day celebration.2019-07-02T11:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/06/29/henry-clay-1777-1852/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/national-hotel-washington-d.c..jpgNational Hotel, Washington D.C.Clay died in the National Hotel on June 29, 1852. Seen here circa 11920s-40s, the National was torn down in 1942.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/henry-clay.jpgHenry ClayHenry Clay was one of the great American statesmen of the first half of the nineteenth century.2019-06-30T00:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/06/28/versailles/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/henry-a.-wise-wood.jpegHenry A. Wise WoodHenry A. 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V-E Day extra from Paris, 8 May 1945)2019-05-08T11:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/05/04/ranking-the-presidents-at-the-roosevelt-house/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ranking-the-presidents-event-roosevelt-house-may-2019.jpegRanking the Presidents event, Roosevelt House May 2019Ranking the Presidents event, The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter Colllege, May 4, 20192019-05-05T03:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/04/30/fdr-opens-the-1939-worlds-fair/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/george-washington-statue-from-1939-new-york-worlds-fair.jpgGeorge Washington statue from 1939 New York World's FairThis postcard of the George Washington statue at the 1939 World's Fair represents Washington as he was taking the oath of office 150 years previously.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/george-washington-statue-1939-worlds-fair.jpegGeorge Washington statue, 1939 World's FairGeorge Washington statue, 1939 World's Fairhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/worlds-fair-1939-first-day-cover.jpegWorld's Fair 1939 first day coverWorld's Fair 1939 first day cover2019-04-30T11:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/04/28/sunday-morning-coffee-78/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/infantrymen-of-the-77th-division-with-french-civilians-chauchat.jpgMonsieur and Madame Baloux of Brieulles-sur-Bar, France greet men of the 77th Division, November 6, 1918Lieutenant Adrian C. 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Truman and Secretary of State George C. Marshall sake hands as the president sees Marshall off on the secretary's was to the London Conference of Foreign Ministers on 20 November 1947. Marshall had given his Harvard commencement speech I've months earlier and Truman would sign the bill creating the Marshall Plan five months later.2019-04-04T00:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/03/28/opening-day-2019/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1919-university-of-michigan-baseball-team.jpg1919 University of Michigan baseball teamProfessional and college baseball players such as the 1919 University of Michigan baseball team were returning to the field in that first spring after the Great War's end.2019-03-28T11:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/03/24/sunday-morning-coffee-76/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/first-army-field-jacket.jpgFirst Army field jacketA First Army field jacket seen at Brooklyn Flea, March 20192019-03-24T16:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/03/17/a-little-sunday-reading/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/e2809cofficial-sketch-of-the-temporary-memorial-arche2809d.jpeg“Official Sketch of the Temporary Memorial Arch”The Mayor’s Committee on Permanent War Memorial's official rendering for the unrealized enduring monument.2019-03-17T13:27:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/03/16/la-guardia-fdr-october-1936/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/la-guardia-and-fdr-break-ground-on-midtown-tunnel-bde-3-oct-1936.jpegLa Guardia and FDR break ground on Midtown Tunnel, BDE, 3 Oct 1936Fiorello La Guardia and Franklin Roosevelt break ground on "tube" connecting Manhattan and Queens one month prior to the 1936 national election. New Deal funds totaling $58,000,000 in 1930s went into building the tunnel, which opened ahead of schedule in 1940.2019-03-16T15:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/03/10/the-return-of-the-27th-division/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/levithan-pulls-into-new-york-harbor-march-6-1919.jpegLeviathan pulls into New York Harbor, March 6, 1919The Leviathan pulls in to New York Harbor on March 6, 1919. Dockworkers returned from strike to ensure the Leviathan and Mauretania's safe arrival in the city with the men of the 27th.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/men-of-the-27th-arriving-in-new-york-harbor-aboard-the-leviathan-march-6-1919.jpegMen of the 27th arriving in New York Harbor aboard the Leviathan, March 6, 1919Men of the 27th Division aboard the Leviathan arrive in New York Harbor, 6 March 1919.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/leviathan-arrives-brooklyn-daily-eagle-march-6-1919.jpegLeviathan arrives, Brooklyn Daily Eagle March 6, 1919The Eagle captured the excitement of the Leviathan's return while noting signs of the coming difficulty in securing the peace. The Mauretania returned this same day with another 3,500 men from the 27th Division.2019-03-10T15:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/03/04/snow-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/panera-bread-snow-day-march-4-2019.jpgPanera Bread snow day, March 4, 2019What is one to do when arriving at work on a snow day? Go to Panera Bread and get a little reading and work done.2019-03-04T23:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/02/24/sunday-morning-coffee-75/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/new-york-worlds-fair-poem-bde-feb-21-1939.jpegNew York World's Fair poem, BDE Feb 21, 1939A young girl's small poem written in February 1939 in anticipation of the coming spring and opening of the World's Fair. The poem appeared in the 21 February 1939 edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle2019-02-24T16:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/02/23/unscaffolding-the-trylon-and-perisphere/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/debuting-the-trylon-and-perisphere-february-22-1939.jpegDebuting the Trylon and Perisphere, February 22, 1939A 1939 World's Fair guide shows off the Trylon and Perisphere after the scaffolding came down, February 22, 19392019-02-23T16:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/02/22/madame-chiang-kai-sheks-1943-charm-offensive/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/franklin-and-eleanor-roosevelts-with-madeame-chiang-kai-shek-mount-vernonfeb-22-1943.jpgFranklin and Eleanor Roosevelts with Madeame Chiang-Kai-shek, Mount Vernon,Feb 22, 1943Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelts host Madame Chiang-Kai-shek at Mount Vernon on George Washington's birthday, Feb 22, 1943.2019-02-23T01:26:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/02/21/remembering-john-patrick-diggins/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/andrew-delbanco-speaking-at-the-cuny-graduate-center-february-2019.jpegAndrew Delbanco speaking at the CUNY Graduate Center, February 2019Andrew Delbanco, president of the Teagle Foundation and Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University, giving the 10th annual John Patrick Diggins Memorial lecture, CUNY Graduate Center, February 19, 20192019-02-21T13:27:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/02/18/presidents-day-2019/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/no-business-transacted-washingtons-birthday-poster.jpegNo Business Transacted, Washington's Birthday poster2019-02-18T22:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/02/17/washingtons-birthday-1928/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/veterans-in-washingtons-birthday-parade-brooklyn-1928.jpegVeterans in Washington's Birthday parade, Brooklyn 1928Some of the men assembled to speak at Brooklyn Borough Hall were in their 90s. Later that day Governor Smith spoke at the Brace Memorial Newsboys' Lodging House in Manhattan.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/smith-greets-vamps-brooklyn-daily-eagle-1928.jpegSmith Greets Vamps, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1928New York governor Al Smith reviewed the procession and spoke to the Kings County Volunteer Firemen's Association on Washington's Birthday in 1928 in the lead to the 1928 presidential race.2019-02-17T15:57:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/02/10/sunday-morning-coffee-74/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/great-depression-hooverville.jpgGreat Depression HoovervilleDepression Era Hooverville in New York's Central Park, circa early 1930s2019-02-10T17:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/02/03/living-with-moses/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/alfred-e.-smith-age-4-1877.jpgAlfred E. Smith, age 4 (1877)Alfred E. Smith, seen here in 1877 aged four at Coney Island, became governor of New York State in November 1918 five days before the Armistice. He was a good friend and mentor to master builder Robert Moses.2019-02-10T16:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/01/30/the-presidents-of-charles-addams/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/charles-addams-presidential-portrait-1972.jpgcharles addams presidential portrait, 1972The first 37 presidents as drawn by New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams in 19722019-01-30T11:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/01/26/alexander-hamilton-1816-1889/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/alexander-hamilton-1818-1889-headstone-sleepy-hollow-cemetery.jpgAlexander Hamilton (1818-1889) headstone, sleepy hollow cemeteryAlexander Hamilton (1818-1889) headstone, Sleepy Hollow Cemeteryhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/alexander-hamilton-1816-1889.jpgalexander hamilton (1816-1889)alexander hamilton (1816-1889), a grandson of the Founding Father, served in the American Civil War.2019-01-26T12:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/01/21/president-buchanan-and-the-future-king-edward-vii-visit-mount-vernon/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/buchanan-and-prince-of-wales-at-washingtons-tomb-october-1860.jpegBuchanan and Prince of Wales atWashington's Tomb, 1860This painting of President Buchanan, the Prince of Wales, and several dozens dignitaries captures a dramatic moment in diplomatic history just prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War.2019-01-21T19:33:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/01/19/mount-vernon-in-january/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/george-washingtons-mount-vernon-january-2019-1.jpgGeorge Washington's Mount Vernon January 2019George Washington's Mount Vernon January 20192019-01-19T22:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2019/01/01/happy-new-year-6/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Happy-New-Year-Korea-1952.jpgHappy New Year, Korea 19522019-01-01T02:15:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/12/31/once-an-eagle/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Once-An-Eagle-Anton-Myrer.jpegOnce An Eagle, Anton MyrerPublished in 1968 during the height of the 1960s social unrest, Anton Myrer's Once An Eagle resonated with Americans. The author continued exploring topics related to the Second World War, lost time, and the generation gap in his later works.2018-12-31T15:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/12/30/december-30-1918-sara-collier-weds-charles-fellowes-gordon/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Sara-Fellowes-Gordon-1940.jpegSara Fellowes-Gordon, 1940Sara Fellowes-Gordonas, misidentified as Mrs. Gordon Fellowes in a New York Times caption, as she was in London in 1940 volunteering with a motor ambulance unit during the Second World War. The car was the unit mascot.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Franklin-Roosevelt-and-his-cousin-Sara-Collier-Getty-Images.jpegFranklin Roosevelt and his cousin Sara Collier, Getty ImagesFranklin Roosevelt carries his young cousin, Sara Collier (the future Sara Fellowes-Gordon), at a family estate in Fairhaven. 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On Christmas Eve 1918 she was back in New York City and talking to the media of the work she and others did with the Y.M.C.A. during the Great War.2018-12-24T18:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/12/24/ten-million-new-members-by-christmas/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Ten-million-by-Christmas-1917-poster.jpegTen million by Christmas, 1917 poster2018-12-24T01:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/12/20/eliza-hamilton-schuyler-1811-1863/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Eliza-Hamilton-Schuyler-Sleepy-Hollow-Cemetery-rear-view.jpgEliza Hamilton Schuyler, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (rear view)The reverse side of Eliza Hamilton Schuyler's headstone, Sleepy Hollow Cemeteryhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Eliza-Hamilton-Schuyler-Sleepy-Hollow-Cemetery.jpgEliza Hamilton Schuyler, Sleepy Hollow CemeteryEliza Hamilton Schuyler was granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton. She died in December 1863 in the middle of the American Civil War.2018-12-21T01:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/12/15/j-t-flexners-george-washiington/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/James-Thomas-Flexners-George-Washington.jpgJames Thomas Flexner's George WashingtonJames Thomas Flexner's four volume biography of George Washington2018-12-16T14:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/12/09/sunday-morning-coffee-73/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/louisa-lee-schuyler-sleepy-hollow-cemetery.jpgLouisa Lee Schuyler, Sleepy Hollow CemeteryLouisa Lee Schuyler was a great granddaughter of both Philip Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton. She died in 1926 and is buried an hour north of New York City in Sleepy Hollow.2018-12-09T16:46:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/12/05/george-h-w-bush-1924-2018/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/president-george-h-w-bush-at-federal-hall-april-30-1989.jpegPresident George H.W. Bush at Federal Hall, April 30, 1989President George H.W. Bush (standing illegibly on center platform) at Federal Hall, April 30, 1989. The white specks are not snow but confetti to celebrate the bicentennial of George Washington's inaugural.2018-12-05T12:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/11/25/sunday-morning-coffee-72/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-blackwelder-family-observe-thanksgiving-on-the-assembly-line-circa-1942.jpgThe Blackwelder family observe Thanksgiving on the assembly line, circa 1942The Blackwelder family observe Thanksgiving on the assembly line, circa 19422018-11-25T17:01:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/11/22/thanksgiving-in-siberia-1918/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tieumen-siberia-november-19181.jpegTieumen, Siberia, November 1918https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tieumen-siberia-november-1918.jpegTieumen, Siberia, November 1918The Red Cross distributing care packages at a military hospital in recognition of Thanksgiving, Tieumen, Siberia, November 19182018-11-22T22:08:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/11/22/happy-thanksgiving-7/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/school-for-bakers-cooks-camp-sheridan-alabama-thanksgiving-1918.jpegSchool for Bakers & Cooks, Camp Sheridan Alabama, Thanksgiving 1918School for Bakers & Cooks, Camp Sheridan Alabama, Thanksgiving 19182018-11-22T21:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/11/18/the-united-war-work-campaign-of-november-1918/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/united-war-work-campaign-poster-1918.jpgUnited War Work Campaign poster, 1918The YMCA was one of the seven organizations involved in The United War Work Campaign in November 1918.2018-11-18T15:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/11/11/armistice-day-2018/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/taking-down-the-ww1-exhibit-oct-2018.jpgTaking down the WW1 exhibit (Oct 2018)Taking down the WW1 exhibit acquired on loan from Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, October 2018https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/wall-street-armistice-day-1918.jpgWall Street, Armistice Day 1918Wall Street, Armistice Day 19182018-11-18T21:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/11/10/on-the-cusp-of-the-armistice/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dedication-of-j-w-b-canteen-hut-seward-park-new-york-city-november-10-1918.jpegDedication of J.W.B. Canteen Hut, Seward Park New York City November 10, 1918Seward Park at Canal and Essex Streets, New York City, November 10, 19182018-11-11T03:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/31/happy-halloween-3/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/halloween-ad-brooklyn-daily-eagle-1918.jpgHalloween ad, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 19182018-10-31T11:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/28/pennsylvania-station-1910-1963/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/market-street-bridge-philadelphia.jpgMarket Street Bridge, PhiladelphiaThis granite eagle stands today on Market Street Bridge. It is one of four from the original New York Pennsylvania Station that were moved to Philadelphia after the destruction of the Manhattan train station. Philadelphia Penn Station is in the background.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/penn-station-eagle-nyt-october-29-1963.jpegPenn Station eagle, NYT October 29, 1963The first act in the demolition of the original Pennsylvania Station on 28 October 1963 was the removal of the twenty-two granite eagles that adorned the structure.2018-10-28T12:10:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/26/this-weekend-the-99th-tra-conference/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/theodore_roosevelt_full-length_portrait_seated_at_his_desk_writing_lccn2013649624.jpgTheodore Roosevelt writing at his desk, circa 1905Theodore Roosevelt writing at his desk, circa 19052018-10-27T23:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/24/brooklyn-vs-boston-1916/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1916-world-series-score-book.jpeg1916 World Series score bookNote that it was called the World's Series when Brooklyn and Boston squared off in 1916. The American League games were held in the spacious Boston Braves ballpark to sell more tickets than would have been possible in the much smaller Fenway Park.2018-10-26T11:19:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/22/twain-stowe-hawley/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mark-twain-house-hartford.jpgMark Twain house, HartfordMark Twain house, Hartfordhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/joseph-roswell-hawley-headstone-cedar-hille-cemetery.jpegJoseph Roswell Hawley headstone, Cedar Hill CemeteryJoseph Roswell Hawley headstone, Cedar Hill Cemetery2018-10-22T11:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/13/the-1902-rochambeau-delegation/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/general-joseph-brugc3a8re-circa-1902.jpgGeneral Joseph Brugère, circa 1902The British Museum acquired this painting of General Joseph Brugère in 1902, the same year this French military leader led a goodwill tour to the United States solidifying Franco-American relations.2018-10-13T15:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/08/a-world-war-one-era-steinway/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/19171918-steinway-grand-piano-seen-in-nyc-thrift-shop.jpegA 1917/1918 Steinway grand piano seen in NYC thrift shop, October 2018This century-old 1917/1918 Model M Steinway & Son piano is currently in a thrift store on Manhattan's 23rd Street.2018-10-08T14:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/07/geoff-emerick-1945-2018/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/geoff-emerick-in-2003.jpegGeoff Emerick in 2003Geoff Emerick in 20032018-10-07T15:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/10/03/brooklyn-circa-1950/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/city-techgi-student-circa-1950.jpgCity Tech,GI student (circa 1950)https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/city-tech-22at-attention22-circa-1950.jpgCity Tech, "At Attention" (circa 1950)2018-10-03T11:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/28/geoffrey-c-ward-the-fun-is-in-the-chase/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/geoffrey-c-ward-september-2018.jpgGeoffrey C. Ward, September 20182018-09-29T21:14:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/17/mayors-mitchel-and-mcclellan/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/george-b-mcclellan-jr-tablet-battery-maritime-building.jpgGeorge B. McClellan Jr. tablet, Battery Maritime BuildingGeorge B. McClellan Jr. tablet, Battery Maritime Building. The son of the Civil War general was one of the most important mayors in the history of New York City and later served in the Great War.2018-09-17T11:20:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/14/rutherford-b-hayes-at-south-mountain/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/major-rutherford-b-hayes-1861.jpgMajor Rutherford B. Hayes, 1861Rutherford B. Hayes, seen here as a major in 1861, was wounded at the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862.2018-09-14T11:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/13/one-wednesday-morning/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/gilder-lehrnan-ww1-exhibit-september-2018.jpegGilder Lehrnan WW1 exhibit September 20182018-09-13T11:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/12/gertrude-vanderbilt-whitneys-mitchel-square/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mitchel-square-statue-new-york-city.jpegMitchel Square statue, New York CityGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney sculpted this doughboy statue in Upper Manhattan in 1923 and later founded the Whitney Museum of Art. Quentin Roosevelt was engaged to her daughter when killed in an airfight in France in July 1918.2018-09-12T11:18:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/09/sunday-morning-coffee-71/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/you-cant-fly-two-flags-at-once-1915-cartoon.jpegYou Can't Raise Two Flags at Once, 1915 cartoonYou Can't Fly Two Flags at Once, Brooklyn Daily Eagle August 9, 19152018-09-09T11:39:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/08/john-mitchel-irish-nationalist/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/john-purroy-mitchel-and-cardinal-john-murphy-farley-reviewing-st-patricks-day-parade-march-17-1914.jpgJohn Purroy Mitchel and Cardinal John Murphy Farley reviewing St Patrick's Day parade, March 17, 1914Mayor John Purroy Mitchel and Cardinal John Murphy Farley reviewing St Patrick's Day parade, March 17, 1914https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/trial-of-john-mitchel-dublin-1848.jpgTrial of John Mitchel, Dublin 1848Irish nationalist John Mitchel was put on trial in 1848 and eventually sentenced to "transportation" to Tasmania. He escaped to New York City and eventually moved South to support the Confederate cause. Sixty years later his grandson would be killed in a military training exercise getting ready to go to France to fight in the First World War.2018-09-08T23:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/04/a-floating-picasso/2018-09-04T11:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/03/happy-labor-day-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/labor-day-1918.jpgLabor-Day-19181918 U.S. Department of Labor poster (Library of Congress)2018-09-03T00:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/02/sunday-morning-coffee-70/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/labor-day-parade-seattle-september-2-1918.jpegLabor Day parade, Seattle September 2, 19182018-09-02T11:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/09/01/the-atlantic-telegraph-jubilee-september-1-1858/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/atlantic-cable-stamp-1958.jpegAtlantic Cable stamp, 1958The United States Post Office held the First Day Cover ceremony for the transatlantic cable stamp at the Farley Post Office in Manhattan.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/atlantic-telegraph-jubilee-new-york-september-1-1858.jpegAtlantic Telegraph Jubilee, New York, September 1, 1858A somewhat forgotten event today, the Atlantic Telegraph Jubilee was held in New York City on September 1, 1858. Transatlantic telegraphy did not come into its own until after the American Civil War and would be part of daily life well into the twentieth century.2018-09-01T14:17:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/29/ulysses-s-grant-iii-1881-1968/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/president-and-bess-truman-with-ulysses-s-grant-3d-far-right-and-others-at-lincoln-memorial-february-12-1948.jpegPresident and Bess Truman with Ulysses S. Grant 3d (far right) and others at Lincoln Memorial, February 12, 1948President and Bess Truman with Ulysses S. Grant 3d (far right) and others at the Lincoln Memorial, February 12, 1948.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/edith-root-and-ulysses-s-grant-3d-wedding-1907.jpgEdith Root and Ulysses S. Grant 3d wedding, 1907The 1907 Root-Grant wedding was a major event in Washington society.2018-08-29T10:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/19/no-more-of-those-hideous-monuments/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/no-more-of-those-hideous-monuments-puck-august-1885.jpegNo more of those hideous monuments! Puck August 1885Puck magazine, August 19, 18852018-08-19T12:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/15/remembering-franklin-pettit-updike/2018-08-15T11:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/12/three-quick-stories-from-one-sunday-at-grants-tomb/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/grant-from-west-point-to-appomattox-an-1885-engraving.jpgGrant from West Point to Appomattox, an 1885 engraving"Grant from West Point to Appomattox," 1885 engraving2018-08-13T15:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/12/sunday-morning-coffee-69/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/brigadier-general-ulysses-s-grant-cairo-illinois-september-1861.jpegBrigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, Cairo, Illinois September 1861Grant rocks the ZZ Top beard wearing his new Brooks Brothers-tailored uniform, Cairo Illinois, September 1861https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/brigadier-general-ulyyses-s-grant-letter-to-brooks-brothers-august-1861.jpegBrigadier General Ulyyses S. Grant letter to Brooks Brothers, August 1861Brigadier General Ulyyses S. Grant sent his measurements to Brooks Brothers in August 1861 after being promoted to brigadier general. Oddly the tailors did not keep the entire note, instead only saving the portion describing the fit and proportion.2018-08-12T11:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/11/brooks-brothers-1818-2018/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/civil-war-contract-signed-by-the-4-brooks-brothers-and-gov-morgan.jpgCivil War contract signed by the 4 Brooks Brothers and Gov. Morgan...and a contract signed by the four Brooks brothers and Governor Edwin D. Morgan in August 1861 just after First Bull Run.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/assistant-quartermaster-chester-a-arthur-letter-1861.jpgAssistant Quartermaster Chester A. Arthur letter, 1861a letter from Assistant Quartermaster Chester A. Arthur letter to Brooks Brothers, October 1861....2018-08-11T13:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/09/the-1865-colfax-expedition/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/schuyler-colfax-expedition-yosemite-august-9-1865.jpegSchuyler Colfax Expedition, Yosemite August 9, 1865Frederick Law Olmsted (second from left in front row) read his report on Yellowstone and Mariposa Grove to House Speaker Schuyler Colfax and his entourage on 9 August 1865. 2018-08-09T15:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/08/august-8-1918-the-start-of-the-hundred-days-offensive/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/german-prisoners-tending-british-wounded-battle-of-amiens-8-august-1918.jpegGerman prisoners tending British wounded, Battle of Amiens 8 August 1918Battle of Amiens: German prisoners about to carry British wounded on the stretchers. Sailly-le-Sec, 8 August 19182018-08-09T21:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/07/margaret-suckley-and-the-27th-division/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/27th-division-22gas-attack22-may-4-1918.jpeg27th Division Gas Attack May 4, 1918Margaret Suckley was a volunteer with the 27th "new York" Division when the unit was stationed at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina in 1918. She went on to be a friend and confidante of Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom she met a few years after the war. The Elizabeth Suckley pictured here is presumably her sister or cousin.2018-08-08T12:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/05/paying-respects-to-grant-in-albany-august-1885/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/general-grants-funeral-procession-albany-ny-august-4-or-5-1885.jpgGeneral Grant's funeral procession, Albany, NY, August 4 or 5 1885Stereoscopic view of General Grant's funeral procession, Albany, NY, August 4 or 5 18852018-08-07T15:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/08/04/prospect-park-1966/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/prospect-park-centennial-june-1966.jpgProspect Park centennial, June 1966Prospect Park centennial invitation, June 1966. Note the presence of Abe Beame, who later became mayor during the fiscal crisis in the 1970s.2018-08-04T14:38:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/29/sunday-morning-coffee-68/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/grants-tomb-from-sakura-park.jpgGrant's Tomb from Sakura ParkGrant's Tomb from Sakura Park, July 20182018-07-29T11:29:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/28/oyster-bays-kaiser-wilhelm-ii/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/drumheller-alberta-mail-september-19-1918.jpgDrumheller (Alberta) Mail, September 19, 1918The destruction of the painting was covered in the German-community press. This article appeared in the Drumheller (Alberta) Mail on 19 September 1918.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/carl-henry-pollitz-ww1-draft-card.jpgCarl Henry Pollitz WW1 draft cardCarl Henry Pollitz's WW1 draft card. Mr. Pollitz lived until 1966.2018-07-28T14:24:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/23/ulysses-s-grant-1822-1885/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/excerpt-from-july-23-1885-brooklyn-daily-eagle-on-grants-death.jpegexcerpt from July 23, 1885 Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Grant's deathexcerpt from July 23, 1885 Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Grant's death2018-07-23T16:33:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/22/ulysses-s-grant-jr-1852-1929/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/itraveling-the-isthmus-of-panama-by-ox-cart-circa-1906.jpgTraveling the Isthmus of Panama by ox cart, circa 1906This photograph of travelers crossing the Isthmus of Panama was taken in 1906. The 4th Infantry crossed in much the same way over half a century earlier. One out of seven who made that trip died of cholera. This danger is why Ulysses and Julia decided the family would instead go to Bethel and then St. Louis.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/julia-dent-grant-with-frederick-ulysses-jr-1854.jpgJulia Dent Grant with Frederick and Ulysses Jr., 1854Julia Dent Grant with Frederick and Ulysses Jr., in St. Louis, 1854. Lieutenant Grant was in the Pacific Northwest at the time and had not yet met his second son. This daguerreotype was discovered in 2016 and sold at auction for $18,000.2018-07-22T11:34:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/21/remembering-brooklyns-g-a-r-post-327/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/g-a-r-post-327-marker-brooklyns-green-wood-cemetery.jpgG.A.R. Post 327 marker, Brooklyn's Green-Wood CemeteryG.A.R. Post 327 marker, Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery2018-07-21T21:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/15/sunday-morning-coffee-67/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/amiable-child-marker-1.jpgAmiable Child marker (1)https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/amiable-child-2.jpgAmiable Child (2)2018-07-21T17:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/14/the-funeral-of-general-ted-roosevelt-july-14-1944/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/general-omar-bradley-attends-the-funeral-of-general-theodore-roosevelt-july-14-1944.jpgGeneral Omar Bradley attends the funeral of General Theodore Roosevelt, July 14, 1944General Omar Bradley attends the funeral of General Theodore Roosevelt, July 14, 1944. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle said "The funeral procession was awe-inspiring for its solemnity and military simplicity."https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/general-theodore-roosevelt-funeral-july-14-1944.jpgGeneral Theodore Roosevelt funeral, July 14, 1944General Theodore Roosevelt funeral, July 14, 19442018-07-14T23:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/14/more-on-quentin/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/quentin-roosevelt-stone-sagamore-hill.jpgQuentin Roosevelt stone, Sagamore HillQuentin Roosevelt stone, Sagamore Hillhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/quentin-roosevelt-stone-marker-sagamore-hill.jpgQuentin Roosevelt stone marker, Sagamore HillQuentin Roosevelt stone marker, Sagamore Hill2018-07-19T23:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/14/quentin-roosevelt-1897-1918/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/quentin-roosevelt-memorial-tablet.jpegQuentin Roosevelt memorial tablet2018-07-14T15:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/12/percy-grainger-1882-1961/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/percy-grainger-and-band-circa-1915-20.jpgPercy Grainger and band, circa 1915-202018-07-13T22:18:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/11/jp-mitchels-funeral-july-11-1918/2018-07-11T11:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/06/john-purroy-mitchel-1879-1918/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/major-john-purroy-mitchel-in-pilot-gear-1918.jpgMajor John Purroy Mitchel in pilot gear, 1918Major John Purroy Mitchel in pilot gear, 19182018-07-06T12:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/04/new-york-city-july-1868/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cooper-insitute-july-4-1868.jpgCooper Insitute, July 4, 1868https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dnc-at-tammany-hall-july-4-1868.jpgDNC at Tammany Hall, July 4, 18682018-07-04T20:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/04/happy-4th-4/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/us-marines-in-paris-july-4-1918.jpgUS Marines in Paris, July 4, 19182018-07-04T02:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/02/the-class-the-stars-fell-on-at-gettysburg-1915/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/west-point-class-of-1915-at-gettryburg-may-1915.jpgWest Point Class of 1915 at Gettysburg, May 1915The West Point Class of 1915--The Class the Stars Fell On--toured Gettysburg in early May 1915 a few days before the sinking of the Lusitania and graduated one month later. Two years later many of these men would be lieutenants and captains serving in France.2018-07-02T13:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/07/01/sunday-morning-coffee-66/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/general-fowler-headstone-brooklyns-greenwood-cemtery.jpgGeneral Fowler headstone, Brooklyn's Greenwood CemteryA colonel at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg, Edward B. Fowler led the 14th Brooklyn in Wadsworth's division of Reynold's I Corps2018-07-01T11:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/30/yosemite-and-the-civil-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/albert-bierstadts-valley-of-the-yosemite.jpgAlbert Bierstadt's Valley of the YosemiteAlbert Bierstadt began "Valley of the Yosemite" in 1863 and completed the small painting, less than 1' x 2', in early 1864. That spring it sold at the New York Sanitary Fair for $1,600. In June Congress and Lincoln granted Yosemite and Big Tree Grove to California and Frederick Law Olmsted studied the area for the state over the next year.2018-06-30T01:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/29/lifes-small-pleasures/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/john-coltrane-the-lost-album.jpgJohn Coltrane The Lost Album2018-06-29T23:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/20/grant-at-gettysburg/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ulysses-s-grant-at-gettysburg-june-21-1867.jpgUlysses S. Grant at Gettysburg, June 21, 1867https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1867.jpgUlysses S. Grant at Gettysburg, June 21, 18672018-06-20T10:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/16/grant-off-to-mount-mcgregor/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/us-grant-heads-to-mt-mcgregor-june-16-1885-brooklyn-daily-eagle.jpgUS Grant heads to Mt McGregor, June 16, 1885 Brooklyn Daily EagleAn afternoon paper, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle chronicled Grant's June 16, 1885 journey to Mount McGregor almost in real time. New Hamburgh is a reference to one of the stops Grant's entourage made along the way.2018-06-19T00:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/15/hancock-and-armistead-say-goodbye-in-los-angeles/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/confederate_general_lewis_armistead_at_the_angle_-_gettysburg_pa_cyclorama_2012.jpg'Confederate_General_Lewis_Armistead_at_The_Angle'_--_Gettysburg_(PA)_Cyclorama_2012Detail from the Gettysburg Cyclorama depicting the mortal wounding of Lewis A. Armistead2018-06-15T11:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/14/flag-day-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/flag-day-1918-new-york-city-school-children.jpgFlag Day 1918-New York City school childrenNew York City schoolchildren observe Flag Day, June 14, 1918https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/flag-day-1918-central_park-new-york-city.jpgFlag Day 1918-Central Park, New York Cityhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/flag-day-1918-sons-of-american-revolution-in-front-of-sub-treasury-new-york-city.jpgFlag Day, 1918-Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York in front of the New York City Sub-TreasuryThe Sons of the American Revolution held this gathering at the Sub-Treasury building on Wall Street. The sign reads: Eat less. Feel better. Look better. Help win the war.2018-06-14T00:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/10/46-years-ago-today/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4713.jpgElvis records at Madison Square Garden, June 10, 19722018-06-11T01:54:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/08/cocaine-and-rhinestones/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ernest-tubb-poster-carnegie-hall-sept-1947.jpgErnest Tubb poster, Carnegie Hall Sept 1947Ernest Tubb played Carnegie Hall in 1947.2018-06-08T12:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/06/liberty-trucks-at-grants-tomb/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/liberty-trucks-at-grants-tomb-april-1918.jpegLiberty trucks at Grant's Tomb, April 19182018-06-06T11:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/06/03/sunday-morning-coffee-65/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4702.jpgLincoln tablet, Independence Hall Philadelphia2018-06-11T11:47:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/05/28/fiorello-la-guardias-memorial-days/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nyt-may-31-1944-la-guardia-advocates-22aviators-peace22.jpgNYT, May 31, 1944, La Guardia advocates Aviator's peaceNew York Times, May 31, 1944: La Gaurdia was pressing for full Axis surrender in the tense days before the Normandy Invasion.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nyt-may-31-1934-la-guardia-at-jp-mitchel-memorial.jpgNYT, May 31, 1934- La Guardia at JP Mitchel memorialNew York Times, May 31, 19342018-05-28T01:51:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/05/27/decoration-day-1886/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/decoration-day-1886-at-grants-tomb.jpgDecoration Day 1886 at Grant's Tomb2018-05-27T01:09:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/05/24/the-military-service-institution-of-the-united-states/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/msi-2.jpgMSI 2https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/msi-1.jpgMSI 12018-05-25T00:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/05/20/a-walk-past-the-newark-paramount/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/paramount-theater-newark-new-jersey.jpgParamount Theater, Newark, New JerseyParamount Theater, Newark, New Jersey2018-05-20T13:48:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/05/15/david-blight-on-grant/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/grantcleveland-public-library.jpgSmall bust of onetime U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant -- shown in his Civil War general's attire (hence the "G" Grant) inside the Cleveland Public Library's main buildingSmall bust of onetime U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant -- shown in his Civil War general's attire (hence the "G" Grant) inside the Cleveland Public Library's main building 2018-05-16T00:39:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/05/11/interpreting-grant/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4526.jpgGrant's Tomb, May 2018Grant's Tomb, May 20182018-05-13T12:27:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/05/08/re-lighting-the-lamps-of-civilization/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/churchill_waves_to_crowds.jpgChurchill waves to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won, 8 May 1945Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won, 8 May 1945https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sir_edward_grey_and_the_outbreak_of_the_first_world_war_conference_15111258994.jpgAdrian Graves, Sir Edward Grey's great-great nephew, at the Sir Edward Grey and the Outbreak of the First World War conference in London, 7 November 2014Adrian Graves, Sir Edward Grey's great-great nephew at the Sir Edward Grey and the Outbreak of the First World War conference in London, 7 November 20142018-05-08T11:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/05/05/saturday-morning-coffee/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cantigny-ww1-scene.jpgLewis Hine image of Cantigny battlefield, April 1919Lewis Hine image of Cantigny battlefield, April 19192018-05-11T23:58:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/30/one-authors-take-on-the-good-old-days/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_4522.jpg"The Good Old Days--they Were Terrible!" book cover by Otto Bettmann2018-05-01T13:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/29/sunday-morning-coffee-64/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_4518.jpgHudson River from Metro North train, 28 April 2018Hudson River from Metro North train, 28 April 20182018-04-29T14:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/28/the-greensward-plan-turns-160/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cp-map.jpgDetail of 1870s CentralPark mapDetail of 1870s CentralPark map2018-04-28T13:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/17/a-modern-rubens-by-flashlight/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/a-modern-rubens-by-flashilgy-the-national-magazine-july-1918.jpgA Modern Rubens by Flashilght, The National Magazine, July 1918"A Modern Rubens by Flashilght," The National Magazine, July 19182018-04-17T09:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/16/grover-cleveland-alexander-changes-uniforms/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cubscardinals-1918-opening-day-box-score-via-baseball-almanac.jpgCubs:Cardinals 1918 Opening Day box score, via Baseball AlmanacCubs and Cardinals 1918 Opening Day box score, via Baseball Almanac. Grover Cleveland Alexander had been drafted just days before the game and would join the Army by the end of April. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/grover-cleveland-alexanders-ww1-draft-registration-card.jpgGrover Cleveland Alexander's WW1 draft registration cardGrover Cleveland Alexander's WW1 draft registration card2018-04-16T10:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/15/pausing-to-remember-lincoln-in-1918/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/brooklyn-daily-eagle-april-14-1918.jpgBrooklyn Daily Eagle, April 14, 1918Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 14, 19182018-04-15T14:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/11/thinking-of-phillis-wheatley-during-national-poetry-month/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_4508.jpgDr. David Dr. David Waldstreicher shows the audience an image of Wheatley's writing with Thomas Jefferson's hand-written notes on the bottom, April 2018Dr. David Waldstreicher shows the audience an image of Wheatley's writing with Thomas Jefferson's hand-written notes on the bottom.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_4503.jpgDr. David Waldstreicher discuss the Phillis Wheatley statue that stand on Beacon Street in BostonDr. David Waldstreicher discuss the Phillis Wheatley statue that stand on Beacon Street in Boston2018-04-11T11:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/04/april-4-1968/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/reagan_signs_martin_luther_king_bill.jpgReagan signs bill creating MLK DayRonald Reagan signed the bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. in November 1983, fifteen years after King's death.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ronald_reagan_martin_luther_king_day_signing.gifRonald_Reagan_Martin_Luther_King_Day_signingPresident Reagan signed the legislation creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in November 1983, fifteen years after King's assassination.2018-04-05T01:21:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/04/01/happy-easter-3/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-27-at-9-09-09-pm.jpgNorman Rockwell Easter, Leslie's 19182018-03-31T23:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/03/31/abraham-graff-1828-1865/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/abraham-graff-death.jpgAbraham Graff deathAbraham Graff's death certificate, complete with notation that he was Theodore Roosevelt (Sr.'s) substitute. Note that it lists the house number as 33 East 20th Street, not 28 as we know it today.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/passenger-list-featuring-abraham-graff-23-june-1864.jpgPassenger list featuring Abraham Graff, 23 June 1864Passenger manifest from the Amelie listing an Abraham Graf arriving in New York City on June 23, 1864. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/abraham-graff-muster-roll-sheet.jpgAbraham Graff muster roll sheet2018-04-01T13:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/03/29/opening-day-3/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/brooklyns-basewball-hours-1918.jpgBrooklyn's basewball hours 1918The Brooklyn Daily Eagle captured Charles Ebbets's decision a few weeks prior to Opening Day. For several weeks after the legislative passing of Daylight Saving Time, Ebbets and other owners contemplated moving games back an hour.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tenner-throws-out-first-pitch-brooklyn-1914.jpgTenner throws out first pitch, Brooklyn 1914https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tenner.jpgTennerhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/governor-tenner-throws-out-first-pitch-1914.jpgGovernor Tener throws out first pitch, 1914John Kinley Tener, governor of Pennsylvania and president-elect of the National League, throws out first pitch in Brooklyn, April 1914. Four years later he would discourage NL owners from starting afternoon games an hour later during the newly-inaugurated Daylight Savings Time.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-28-at-7-03-17-am.jpgScreen Shot 2018-03-28 at 7.03.17 AM2018-03-29T09:57:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/03/27/colonel-john-c-fremont-tillsons-march-1918/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-27-at-7-50-25-pm.jpgColonel John C.F. TillsonColonel Tillson spent the winter and early spring of 1918 at Governors Island expediting the cases of Selective Service shirkers.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2017-12-06-at-7-09-03-am.pngColonel John C.F. Tillsonhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jcf-tillson-1878-west-point-cadet-record.jpgJCF Tillson 1878 West Point cadet recordJohn C. Fremont's 1878 West Point cadet record. Forty years later he was tasked with investigating cases of shirkers at Fort Jay on Governors Island2018-03-28T00:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/03/16/joe-college-and-betty-co-ed/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4491.jpgSchwerin libraryhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4489.jpgJoe College and Bett Co-ed2018-03-16T11:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/03/14/nora-e-cordingley-1888-1951/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nora-obituary-19511.jpgNora E. Cordingley NYT obituaryAn excerpt from the New York Times obituary that starkly but accurately captured the details of Nora E. Cordingley’s death.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/library-journal-volume-46-december-15-1921.jpgCordingley announcement, Library Journal, December 15, 1921)15 December 1921 Library Journal announcement https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nora-obituary-1951.jpgNora E. Cordingley obituary 1951An excerpt from the New York Times obituary that starkly but accurately captured the details of Nora E. Cordingley's death.2018-03-15T00:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/03/07/hitting-a-benchmark/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4474.jpgWilliam Cullen Bryant, Grolier ClubWilliam Cullen Bryant, Grolier Club2018-03-08T00:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/03/04/sunday-morning-coffee-63/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_0110.jpgTheodore Roosevelt Birthplace, East 20th StreetTheodore Roosevelt Birthplace, East 20th Street2018-03-04T15:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/03/01/meeting-a-doughboys-son/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/world_war_i_veteran_joseph_ambrose_86_at_the_dedication_day_parade_for_the_vietnam_veterans_memorial_in_1982.jpgAn 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 13 November 1982An 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 13 November 19822018-03-01T12:18:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/02/26/monday-morning-coffee/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_4466.jpgEditing the manuscriptEditing the manuscript yesterday2018-02-27T12:32:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/02/19/presidents-day-2018/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fitz-greene-halleck.jpgFitz-Greene Halleck statue in Central ParkContemporary photograph of Fitz-Greene Halleck statue in Central Parkhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hayes-in-central-park-may-1877-1.jpgPresident Hayes in Central Park, May 1877 (1)2018-02-19T13:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/02/12/abraham-lincoln-1809-1865/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lincoln-lives-anew-1918.jpgLincoln Lives Anew (1918)https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lincoln-lives-anew-in-america-during-days-of-great-war.jpgLincoln lives anew in America during Days of Great War2018-02-12T02:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/02/11/sunday-evening-coffee-4/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/nypl-digitalcollections-510d47e1-158b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99-001-w.jpgLIncoln envelope2018-02-12T01:13:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/02/06/serious-but-not-critical/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/roosevelt-in-1918.jpgTheodore Roosevelt in 1918Theodore Roosevelt as he was in 1918. After years of living the strenuous life his declined precipitously that year and led to his death in early 1919.2018-02-06T12:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/01/31/great-war-inflation/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/food-prices.jpgFood prices jump from $.90 to $1.29, Brooklyn Daily Eagle: January 31, 1918Food prices jump from $.90 to $1.29, Brooklyn Daily Eagle: January 31, 19182018-02-01T01:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/01/30/fdr-1882-1945/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4254.jpgFDR's desk, Roosevelt House: East 65th StreetThe desk Franklin Delano Roosevelt kept in the family's East 65th Street townhouse2018-01-30T10:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/01/28/more-eyes-for-the-navy/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/unpacking-binoculars.jpgNavy Workers unpacking binoculars, 1918Unpacking binoculars at the Naval Observatory, 1918https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/navy-poster-for-binoculars.jpgWill you supply eyes for the Navy?, 1917 poster1917 poster produced by the Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation of New York for the Navy Departmenthttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/navy-eyes.pngWill you supply eyes for the Navy?1917 poster produced by the Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation of New York for the Navy Department2018-01-28T16:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/01/21/vonnegut-in-winter/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/kurt-vonnegut-us-army-portrait.jpgKurt-Vonnegut-US-Army-portraitVonnegut in uniform during the Second World War, circa 1943-45https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/keith-gard-dresden-feb-2010.jpgKeith Gard image of Dresden slaughterhouse, Feb 2010February 2010 image of the slaughterhouse where Kurt Vonnegut survived the Dresden firebombing2018-01-21T15:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/01/20/on-to-2018/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4441.jpgStamp collection in boxBrooklynhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4438.jpgStamp collection at post officeSouth Florida2018-01-24T01:42:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/01/01/thinking-of-james-reese-europe/2018-01-02T00:57:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2018/01/01/happy-new-year-5/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1918-cigar-ad.jpgHappy New Year 1918, cigar card2017-12-31T23:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/30/a-new-museum-for-a-new-era/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/letter-to-central-park-commissioners-dec-1868.jpgLetter to Central Park commissioners (Dec 1868)2017-12-30T15:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/25/the-brooklyn-museums-kaiser-wilhelm-ii/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-brooklyn-insitutes-a-augustus-healy.jpgThe Brooklyn Insitute's A. Augustus HealyA. Augustus Healy was president of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences from 1895-1920 and helped build the Brooklyn Museum of Art. His wise and quick response to calls to destroy the portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II helped prevent what would have been an unfortunate incident in New York City's World War One experience.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/a-augustus-healy.jpgA. Augustus HealyA. Augustus Healy was president of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences from 1895-1920 and helped build the Brooklyn Museum of Art. His wise and quick response to calls to destroy the portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II helped prevent what would have been an unfortunate incident in New York City's World War I history. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/charles-a-jaqueth-letter-to-the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-3-jan-1918.jpgCharles A. Jaqueth letter to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 3 Jan 1918Charles A. Jaqueth's letter to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 3 Jan 1918https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/portrait-of-kaiser-wilhelm-ii.jpgPortrait of Kaiser Wilhelm IIThis clipping of Kaiser Wilhelm II, perhaps from a 1907 New York Times article, shows the original painting upon which the Keinke in the Brooklyn Museum of Art was based.2017-12-26T01:37:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/25/merry-christmas-6/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/president-and-mrs-roosevelt-christmas-card-1942.jpgPresident and Mrs Roosevelt Christmas card, 19422017-12-25T00:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/24/a-small-christmas-eve-detective-story/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/roosevelt-family-christmas-1941.jpgRoosevelt family, Christmas 1939Roosevelt family, Christmas 19392017-12-24T14:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/20/world-war-i-and-the-visual-arts/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4361.jpgGreat War postcardsAs with the lithograph above, these color postcards are that much more striking in juxtaposition to the black and white images one usually sees from the Great War.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_44231.jpgGreat War postcardsLike the lithograph above, these color postcards are that more striking in juxtoposition to the black and white photographs one usually sees in images of the Great War.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4423.jpgMetropolitan Museum of ArtIt is not every day one sees the galleries empty at the Met. I snapped this one real fast as the group was heading out.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4422.jpgTo BerlinThere were posters from all of the major nations. Note the "AEF" in the left hand portion of this one.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4366.jpgMetropolitan Museum of Art, World War I and the Visual ArtsOur guide was the exhibition curator, seen here second from the right explaining this series.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4365.jpgGreat War helmets, Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe helmets are prototypes designed by curators at the Metropolitan Museum during the war for the United States military. AS you can tell from the bottom two in particular, they are influenced by medieval armor.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4359.jpgWalter Trier, Maps of EuropeWalter Trier color lithograph, Maps of Europehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4357.jpgWorld War I and the Visual Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art2017-12-21T02:05:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/17/sunday-morning-coffee-62/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/left-handed-nyhs.jpgLeft Handed Penmanship contest poster, 1865Men like Theodore Roosevelt Sr. sponsored Left-Handed Penmanship contests after the Civil War to help those wounded in the conflict.2017-12-17T18:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/09/ethel-roosevelt-derby-1891-1977/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ethel-carow-roosevelt-in-1912.jpgEthel Carow Roosevelt in 19122017-12-09T14:29:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2011/03/28/scottish-plaid/2017-12-08T23:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/08/december-8-1941/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/franklin_delano_roosevelt_and_smiling_staff.jpgFranklin Delano Roosevelt, December 8, 1941December 8, 1941: President Franklin appears relaxed after the pressure of just having signed the declaration of war on Japan. When he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the Wilson Administration Roosevelt had overseen the construction of several of the ships sunk at Pearl Harbor. Note Sam Rayburn third from the right.2017-12-08T12:36:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/07/the-universe-if-built-not-of-atoms-but-of-stories/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4323.jpgSamuel R. Delany speaks at New York City College of Technology (CUNY) in December 2017Samuel R. Delany speaks at New York City College of Technology (CUNY) in December 20172017-12-08T11:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/03/sunday-morning-coffee-61/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/25571v-1.jpg"Britannia" in NYC, 25 October 2017"Britannia" in NYC, 25 October 2017https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4320.jpgFlatiron BuildingFlatiron Building, December 20172017-12-03T16:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/12/01/found-in-yonkers/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/new-yorkers-in-uniform-at-ypl-dec-2017.jpgNew Yorkers in Uniform at YPL (Dec 2017)2017-12-01T11:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/11/24/back-to-the-book/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/reception-for-president-elect-lincoln-by-mayor-fernando-wood-february-1861.jpgReception for President-Elect Lincoln by Mayor Fernando Wood, February 18612017-11-25T15:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/11/23/happy-thanksgiving-6/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-22-at-8-31-17-pm.pngNew York Times, 27 November 1942, Thanksgiving on GuadalcanalNew York Times, 27 November 1942. I would love to know how this turned out. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thanksgiving_cake_guadalcanal_1942_8161922801.jpgThanksgiving cake, Guadalcanal 1942Lt. Colonel William W. Stickney cuts the Thanksgiving cake with a Japanese sword on Guadalcanal seventy-five years ago this week. Stickney served in the Navy during World War 1 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, during the fighting for Guadalcanal. He later became a major general.2017-11-23T14:58:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/11/21/when-in-doubt-blame-robert-moses/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nypl-digitalcollections-6b9f0723-ac03-1ff7-e040-e00a1806427a-001-w.jpgRobert MosesThe powerful New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses makes a convenient foil.2017-11-21T12:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/11/15/new-yorkers-in-uniform-from-world-war-one-to-today/2017-11-21T05:18:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/11/13/new-yorkers-in-uniform-this-wednesday-the-15th/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/new-yorkers-in-uniform-nov-2017.jpgNew Yorkers in Uniform (Nov 2017)2017-11-13T12:21:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/11/09/discovering-grosvenor-phillips-cather/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cather-nyt.jpgLieutenant G.P. Cather, New York Times clipA clip from the 25 June 1918 New York Times article mentioning Lieutenant Cather's death at Cantigny.2017-11-10T01:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/11/05/sunday-morning-coffee-60/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/marines_move_through_streets_of_hue_1968_16240521598.jpgMarines Move Through Streets of Hue, 1968U.S. marines move through the streets of Hue during the Tet Offensive, 19682017-11-07T07:36:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/11/03/hemingway-the-vulnerable/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ernest_hemingway_in_uniform_at_oak_park_illinois_1919.jpgErnest Hemingway in uniform at Oak Park, Illinois, 1919Ernest Hemingway, still a teenager, as he when he returned to Oak Park, Illinois in early 1919. Note the cane. He had just spent the previous six months recuperating in a Milanese hospital from injuries incurred in Italy in July 1918.2017-11-04T01:06:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/30/bart-says/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bart-says.jpgBart says....Baseball is the best sport2017-10-30T10:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/28/the-dirty-secret-of-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hemingway-in-ambulance-1918.jpgErnest Hemingway in ambulance, Italy 1918Ernest Hemingway in an American Red Cross Ambulance in Italy, 1918. Though he spent just two weeks on the front, the intensity of his war time experience influenced Hemingway deeply.2017-10-28T11:41:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/24/the-vietnam-war-a-learnable-moment/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/foch-pershing-petain-and-haig-in-1918.jpgFoch, Pershing, Petain, and Haig in 1918Lions led by donkeys? Our understanding of the Great War has remained surprisingly static even during the Great War centennial.2017-10-24T09:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/15/the-ladies-of-the-senate/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-09-27-at-7-15-21-am.jpgLadies of the Senate rolling bandages, June 1967In the year of Sgt Pepper the Ladies of the Senate in dress whites rolled bandages for the wounded in Vietnam. The group was founded during the First Wold War.2017-10-15T14:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/08/a-strange-class-reunion/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/john_paul_vann_in_office_in_saigon.jpgJohn Paul Van in VietnamJohn Paul Van in Vietnamhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4148.jpgJohn Paul Vann headstone, Arlington National CemteryOne sees the overlap of America's various campaigns in Vann's and the neighboring tablets.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4142.jpgJohn Paul Vann headstone, Arlington National CemeteryJohn Paul Vann headstone, Arlington National Cemetery, October 20172017-10-15T13:57:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/13/lights-camera/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4192.jpgFilm shoot image 3https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4186.jpgFilm shoot image 2https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4179.jpgFilm shoot image 12017-10-15T12:54:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/03/the-great-war-in-broad-outlines-continues/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4124.jpgGreat War in Broad Outlines installation 3https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4115.jpgGreat War in Broad Outlines 2https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4112.jpgGreat War in Broad Outlines installation 12017-10-03T11:51:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/02/the-state-of-philately-in-2017/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/law-order-6c-1968.jpgLaw & Order 6c 1968The Post Office Department issued Scott number 1343 in May 1968 during the 1960s unrest.2017-10-02T22:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/10/01/against-hearst-hylan-and-the-hohenzollerns/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/roosevelt-and-hughes-endorse-mitchel-2.jpgTheodore Roosevelt endorse John P. Mitchel for NYC mayor, 1 October 1917Mitchel, Roosevelt, and for U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in the Wilson Administration Henry Morgenthau, City Hall Park, 1 October 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/roosevelt-and-hughes-endorse-mitchel-1.jpgTheodore Roosevelt endorses endorse John P. Mitchel, 1 October 1917Theodore Roosevelt endorses endorse John P. Mitchel, 1 October 19172017-10-01T13:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/28/the-living-room-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/vietnam_war_on_television.jpgCouple watching Vietnam War on television, 13 February 1968Couple watching Vietnam War on television, 13 February 19682017-09-29T16:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/27/barbara-tuchmans-vietnam-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tuchman.jpgWilliam Shirer (Left), Barbara Tuchman (Center), and John Eisenhower at the Conference on Research and World War II and the National Archives, 14-15 June 1971William Shirer (left), Barbara Tuchman, and John S.D. Eisenhower at the Conference on Research and World War II and the National Archives, 14-15 June 1971. Tuchman was actively engaged in the discourse about the Vietnam War throughout the 1960s-70s.2017-09-28T13:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/24/we-should-feel-even-sterner-indignation/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fitzsimons-in-england.jpgFirst Lieutenant William T. Fitzsimons i(seated far left) in England, circa 1915First Lieutenant William T. Fitzsimons i(seated far left) in England, circa 1915https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/397px-william_t-_fitzsimons_ha-sn-99-00484.jpgFirst Lieutenant (Dr.) William_T._Fitzsimons, circa 1917First Lieutenant (Dr.) William_T._Fitzsimons, circa 19172017-09-24T14:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/20/tra-conference-2017/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roosevelt-house-master-bedroom.jpgRoosevelt House, master bedroomRoosevelt House master bedroom, East 20th Street2017-10-02T00:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/19/rededicating-the-merle-hay-monument/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4105.jpgPrivate Merle Hay tablet, Governors IslandPrivate Merle Hay tablet, Governors Island National Monumenthttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4102.jpgMerle Hay monument rededication, Governors Island: 17 September 2017Merle Hay monument rededication, Governors Island: 17 September 20172017-10-08T13:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/17/antietams-155th/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/antietam-and-great-war-1917.jpgAntietam and Great War, 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/antietam-1917.jpgAntietam 1917 anniversary2017-09-18T00:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/17/sunday-morning-coffee-59/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21462292_839811162860850_7899711447970449016_n.jpgCamp Doughboy, Governors Island: September 16, 2017Camp Doughboy, Governors Island parade ground: September 16, 20172017-09-18T11:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/15/hoping-for-a-swift-key-west-recovery/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1935_hurricane_effects_in_the_florida_keys_mm00003786x_15479759252.jpgKey West after 1935 hurricaneKey West after 1935 hurricane, over 250 Great War veterans were killed in the category 5 storm2017-09-16T00:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/11/the-hemingway-house/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hemingway-house-pic-by-michelle-maria.jpgHemingway House, Key WestThe Hemingway Home in Key West has survived Hurricane Irma.2017-09-11T10:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/10/sunday-morning-coffee-58/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/campdb_flyer_17-0817a-copy.jpgCamp Doughboy handbill2017-09-10T21:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/09/03/howard-r-haviland-plays/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/howard-haviland-american-pianist.jpgHoward R. Haviland, American pianistHoward R. Haviland of Brooklyn played and taught for the war effort.2017-09-04T00:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/31/opening-the-crate/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4037.jpgWW1 exhibit 4https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4054.jpgWW1 exhibit 3https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4063.jpgWW1 exhibit 2https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4064.jpgWW1 exhibit 1https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ww1-exhibit-belgian-embassy.jpgWW1 exhibit crate from Belgian Embassy2017-09-01T01:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/30/august-30-1917/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pic-4.jpg27th Division parade (4), August 30, 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pic-2.jpg27th Division parade (3), August 30, 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pic-3.jpg27th Division parade (2), August 30, 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pic-1.jpg27th Division parade (1), August 30, 19172017-08-30T11:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/28/sending-off-the-27th/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/biltmore-newyorkcity.jpgBiltmore, New York CityThe Biltmore as it was in 19172017-08-31T09:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/27/reading-hackworth/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/david_hackworth.jpgColonel David H. HackworthThe late Colonel David H. Hackworth2017-08-27T15:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/26/you-know-it-must-be-late-august/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4027.jpgFriends of Gettysburg calendar2017-08-26T13:20:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/23/remembering-the-camp-logan-riot/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pershing-inspects.jpgPershing and Bliss inspect the 24th camp during the Punitive ExpeditionPershing and Bliss inspect the 24th camp during the Punitive Expeditionhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/in-old-mexico.jpg24th U.S. Infantry, In Old MexicoIn cation prior to the transfer to Houstonhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/24th-baseball.jpg24th U.S. Infantry baseball team, date unkownThe unit's baseball team in an undated photograph.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/philippine-islands-1902.jpg24th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Philippine Islands 190224th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Philippine Islands 19022017-08-23T11:10:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/18/9731/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-18-at-9-42-37-am.jpgHorace Pippin's sketchbookHorace Pippin's sketchbook2017-08-18T14:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/14/one-mans-trash/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4020.jpgSinger Sewing Machine on curbBrooklyn street scene, Monday afternoon2017-08-15T01:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/13/artists-and-the-great-war-at-the-n-yhs/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4004.jpgDazzle camouflage models from the N-YHSDazzle camouflage models from the N-YHShttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4009.jpgIvan Albright sketchbookIvan Albright sketchbookhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4006.jpgDazzle camouflage drawings from the Rhode Island School of Design with ships modelsDazzle camouflage drawings from the Rhode Island School of Design with ships models, part of the New-York Historical Society exhibit W​orld War I Beyond the Trenches​2017-08-13T16:29:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/08/the-27th-readies/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pictorialrecordo00star_0010-1.jpgMajor General John F. O'RyanO'Ryan had a great deal on his mind in early August 1917 as he planned to send his division to South Carolina. He also waited Senate confirmation of his Federal commission in the National Army that would allow him to remain in command.2017-08-09T00:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/26/a-strenuous-day-on-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/basehospitalno9a00browrich_0023.jpgOfficers of Base Hospital No. 9Officers of Base Hospital No. 92017-08-08T01:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/23/sunday-morning-coffee-57/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ils-de-france.jpgIls de FranceDr. Schrock went back to France in 1918 and came back to the United States aboard the Ile de France.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/robert-d-schrock-the-wabash.jpgRobert D Schrock, The WabashRobert D Schrock as a young undergrad at Wabash College, circa 19052017-08-08T01:01:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/21/dr-robert-d-schrocks-great-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/at-sea-u-boats-ahead.jpgAt sea - U boats aheadAt sea - U boats ahead: Another image taken by Dr. Robert Schrock, this one aboard the U.S.C.T Finland sometime between August 7 - 20, 1917.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/shipping-out.jpgShipping out, 1917Shipping out: Dr. Robert D. Schrock took this picture as a first lieutenant and surgeon in the American Expeditionary Forces in 1917. He did his basic training at Governors Island.2017-08-08T01:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/07/the-base-hospital-no-9-contingent-sails/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/basehospitalno9a00browrich_0043.jpgaboard the U.S.C.T. Finlandhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/basehospitalno9a00browrich_0041.jpgU.S.C.T. FinlandThe Finland took the doctors, nurses, and medical staff to France.2017-08-08T00:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/08/01/three-years-and-counting/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/kaiser-and-franz-joseph-1.jpgKaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz JosefKaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Josef2017-08-02T01:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/31/passchendaele-1917-2017/2017-08-04T07:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/30/great-war-film-update/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3755.jpgYonker NY war memorialYonkers, NY war memorial: the main subject of our film came from this town just north of New York City2017-08-08T01:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/19/artists-of-the-sanitary-fair/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/artists-at-metro-fair.jpgArtists at Metro Fair2017-07-19T13:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/16/sunday-morning-coffee-56/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3900.jpgEdward Jardine headstone, Green-Wood Cemetery BrooklynThe New York City draft riots raged from July 13-17, 1863.2017-07-16T14:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/13/the-6th-new-york-division-to-move-south/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sotuh-carolina.jpgSpartanburg, South Carolina, circa 1909Spartanburg, South Carolina, circa 1909: On 13 July 1917 the War Department announced that the 6th New York Militia Division would train in this mill town in the Carolina Piedmont region2017-07-13T23:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/13/oh-sleep-that-hast-fled-away/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3951.jpgNYPL stampThe ad for the Complete Works of Washington Irving is a nice touch. These items were on sale at the fair, with the proceeds going to soldiers' relief.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3947.jpgThe Spirit of the Fair, nameplateThe provenance of how these types of materials reach libraries and archives is a fascinating story in and of itself.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3950.jpgThe Spirit of the Fair, bound setsThe are available electronically but there is nothing like holding the real thing in your hands. The issues have held up quite well and show no signs of yellowing. I'm sure they used rag paper and not newspaper pulp.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3952.jpgThe Spirit of the Fair, cover2017-07-13T11:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/09/a-third-roosevelt-heads-off-to-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-shot-2017-07-08-at-9-49-02-pm.jpgKermit Roosevelt, circa 19172017-07-09T16:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/05/t-p-oconnor-visits-america/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3931.jpgThomas Francis Meagher memorialGeneral Tomas Franics Meagher was born in Ireland in 1823 and led the Irish Brigade from First Bull Run through Chancellorsville and was an inspiration to many Irish and Irish-Americans.. He fell from a steamboat in the Montana Territory in 1867 and his remains were never recovered. This memorial stands in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/t-p-oconnor.jpgT.P. O'ConnorIrish journalist and Parliamentarian visited the United States in June-July 1917 to discuss America's role in the Great War and the future of Irish Home Rule.2017-07-06T00:15:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/04/happy-4th-3/2017-07-04T10:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/02/sunday-morning-coffee-55/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-shot-2017-06-30-at-11-27-00-pm.jpgWar bread, Gettysburg 1917July 1917: Bakers made war bread by the pound to feed hungry recruits at the Gettysburg training camp2017-07-02T13:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/07/01/route-15-to-gettysburg-a-strawfoot-interview-2/2017-07-02T12:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/30/dedicating-gettyburgs-virginia-monument/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/william-m-ingraham-asst-sec-of-war-1916-17.jpgWilliam M. Ingraham, Asst Sec of War 1916-17Assistant Secretary of War William M. Ingraham as he was during his time in the Wilson Administration. He left the War Department later in 1917 for health reasons.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/virginia-monument-gettyburg.jpgVirginia Monument, Gettyburghttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/anne-carter-lee.jpgAnne Carter Leehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/virginia-monument-dedication-nyt-june-17-1917.jpgVirginia Monument dedication, NYT June 17, 1917There were several speakers besides Ingraham at the unveiling of the Virginia Memorial in June 1917.2017-06-30T22:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/29/beautiful-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3927.jpgGovernors Island2017-06-30T01:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/27/george-schuyler-and-the-americas-cup/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/gls-at-nyhs-1.jpgLéon-Joseph-Florentin Bonnat of George Lee SchuylerLouisa and her sister donated this portrait of their father to the N-YHS in 1925 along with about a dozen other works.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/george-schuyler-letter.jpgGeorge Schuyler letterGeorge Lee Schulyer donated the America's Cup to the New York Yacht Club in 1851. In May 1861 he wrote this letter to President Lincoln with news about the Union Defense Committee's efforts to provision Daniel Sickles brigade.2017-06-28T01:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/25/inspiration/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sanitary_commission_group.jpgSanitary Commission groupUnited States Sanitary Commission members, from left to right: William Holme Van Buren, George Templeton Strong, Henry Whitney Bellows, Cornelius Rea Agnew and Oliver Wolcott Gibbshttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3905.jpgCornelius Rea Agnew headstone2017-06-26T01:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/24/two-roosevelts-crossing-the-atlantic/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-24-at-7-38-02-am.jpgArchibald and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in WW1 uniformArchibald and Theodore (Ted) Roosevelt Jr. left for France on 20 June 1917.2017-06-24T14:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/21/remembering-alfred-restaino/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_sun__sep_12__1920_-copy.jpgBrooklyn Daily Eagle, September 12, 1920and an excerpt from the 12 September 1920 Brooklyn Daily Eagle article in which an Olympian describes the journey home.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sherman.jpgAlfred Restaino paperwork for his return on the ShermanHere is the documentation of Restaino's return on the Sherman, 11 September 1920.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/alfred-restaino-pic.jpgAlfred Restaino imageRestaino is on the far right in the second row from the top.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/alfred-restaino1.jpgAlfred Restainohttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/alfred-restaino.jpgAlfred Restaino cardhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3863.jpgRetsina tree, Eastern ParkwayRestaino's tree has fully grown.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3861.jpg"Albert J. Restaino" plaque, Eastern ParkwayAlfred Restaino is incorrectly commemorated as "Albert J. Restaino"2017-06-22T00:25:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/18/union-squares-great-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mabel-garrison.jpgMabel Garrison aboard the RecruitMabel Garrison aboard the Recruit2017-06-18T11:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/17/adopting-the-27th-division/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3886.jpgChristian F. Stensen release papershttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3884.jpg27th Division haversack and helmethttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3883.jpg27th Division haversackhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3885.jpgChristian F. Stensen registration card2017-06-24T20:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/16/an-afternoon-at-the-library-of-congress/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3893.jpgWar garden outside LOC, June 2017https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3889.jpgWar garden Library of Congress, June 2017https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3892.jpgLOC war gardenhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3888.jpgWar Gardens Over the Top, Library of Congress2017-06-17T01:06:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/14/flag-day-2017/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/us_flag_day_poster_1917-copy.jpgFlag Day poster_19172017-06-14T09:26:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/13/pershing-in-france/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/boul2.jpgPersing in BoulogneThe dignitaries on hand signal the significance of Pershing's arrival in Boulogne.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/boul.jpgPershing's entourage arriving in BoulougnePershing is hard to make out amidst his entourage.2017-06-13T10:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/11/walking-grand-army-plaza/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3867.jpgGrand Army PlazaIt was a hot one today as we made the rounds on Eastern Parkway and Grand Army Plaza. The warm weather drew people out of doors.2017-06-12T01:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/09/pershing-meets-george-v/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/finland.jpgKing George V aboard USS FinlandThe monarch, seen here again on the Finland, showed himself publicly throughout the war to boost moral.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/king_george_v_inspects_american_ship_finland_in_liverpool.jpgKing George V inspects American ship USS Finland in LiverpoolKing George V, seen here inspecting the American vessel USS Finland in Liverpool in this undated photo during the Great War, bears a striking resemblance to his cousin Czar Nicholas II.2017-06-12T00:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/08/the-eto-turns-75/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/eto.jpgColonel N.A. Ryan, acting chief of transportation, U.S. Army and Major General D.J. McMullen, circa 1942Colonel N.A. Ryan, acting chief of transportation, U.S. Army European theater of operations, and Major General D.J. McMullen, D.S.O., C.B.E., director of transportation, British Army, circa 19422017-06-08T23:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/08/pershings-public-diplomacy/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mayor.jpgGeneral Pershing with the mayor of London, 8 June 19172017-06-08T12:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/07/the-return-of-the-mayflower-armed/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3b05865r.jpgPershing and staff aboard RMS BalticPershing (seated second from left) and his staff pose aboard the RMS Baltic, 19172017-06-08T02:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/06/remembering-normandy/2017-06-06T15:24:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/06/01/it-was-fifty-years-ago-today/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pepper-cover.jpgPepper2017-06-01T11:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/30/grand-army-plaza-june-11/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3853.jpgGrand Army Plaza, May 20172017-05-31T04:25:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/30/decoration-day-1917-contd/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/24530v.jpgJunior naval scouts aboard U.S.S. Recruithttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/24536v.jpgU.S.S. Recruit from the deckhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/24533v1.jpg24533vhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/24533v.jpgMayor Mitchel aboard USS RecruitMayor Mitchel shakes hands with Navy personnelhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/24528v.jpgMayor Mitchel boards the U.S.S. RecruitMayor Mitchel boards the U.S.S. Recruithttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/24399v.jpgUSS Recruit, 19172017-05-30T09:24:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/29/decoration-day-1917/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dd2.jpgGovernor Whitman and General J. Franklin Bell, Decoration Day 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dd1.jpgDD1https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dd4b.jpgDecoration Day 1917, NYChttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dd31.jpgDecoration Day, New York City 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dd3.jpgDecoration Day 1917, NYC2017-05-29T21:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/28/sunday-morning-coffee-54/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3843.jpgCard family mausoleum, Green-Wood Cemeteryhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3842.jpgHubert V W Card headstoneHubert V W Card's headstone and weathered flag from a past ceremony. Boy Scouts were out in force yesterday putting fresh flags on the headstones of other veterans in preparation for Memorial Day.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3835.jpgThe Farewell Ride2017-05-28T13:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/26/the-cook-and-his-men/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/40986v.jpgWanted! 500 BakersOne of the many advertisements soliciting bakers and cooks in the early months of Americas entry in the war.2017-05-27T01:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/26/cooks-and-bakers-apply-here/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cooks.jpgCooks and Bakers School, circa 1918Four men learn the basics in a Great War era Cooks and Bakers School2017-05-27T01:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/21/mary-m-aitkin-united-states-naval-reserve-force/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3831.jpgMary M. Aitkin headstone with Donnelly headstonehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_3830.jpgMary M. Aitkin headstone2017-05-22T14:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/19/through-the-valley/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pows.jpgOperation HomecomingHanoi, North Vietnam: American servicemen, former prisoners of war, are cheering as their aircraft takes off from an airfield near Hanoi as part of Operation Homecoming, February 19732017-05-19T14:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/16/augustus-peabody-gardner-part-one/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/06794v.jpgAugustus Peabody Gardner playing golf, 1916Congressman Alexander Peabody Gardner (D-MA) was on the gold course in 1916 but back in a military uniform one year later.2017-05-16T09:33:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/14/roosevelt-in-may/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/12297v.jpgSenator Warren G.HardingSenator Warren G. Harding was an advocate for Colonel Roosevelt during the Army Bill debates.2017-05-16T00:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/05/08/no-pullmans-this-time-for-troops-on-the-move/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/brooklyn_daily_eagle_thu__jun_29__1916_-copy.jpgNY National Guardsmen leave for Mexican border, June 1916New York National Guardsmen traveled in luxury on their way to the Mexican Border in June 1916. Eleven months later they would not be as fortunate in the lead to larger campaign to come in France.2017-05-08T09:43:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/30/the-23rd-back-from-texas/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_sun__apr_22__1917_-1.jpg23rd New York Regiment mules outside armory, April 19172017-04-30T13:17:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/28/farm-and-arm/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/800px-22help_us_save_the_grain_and_win_the_war_pitch_evenly-_heads_first-22_-_nara_-_512712.jpgUnited States Food Administration, Save Grain2017-04-28T09:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/19/levon-helm-1940-2012-2/2017-04-19T10:59:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/17/preparing-for-war-in-brooklyn/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3818.jpgBrooklyn's Borough HallOriginally the City Hall of the independent municipality of Brooklyn, Borough Hall was whereColonel William H. Dyckman became chair of Brooklyn Section Mayor Mitchel's Committee on National Defense 100 years ago today.2017-04-18T00:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/16/easter-1917/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screen-shot-2017-04-16-at-8-58-28-am.jpgEaster in Germany 1917German had just survived the Turnip Winter on 1916-17 when an Easter cold snap threatened the spring 1917 crop.2017-04-16T23:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/14/archie-roosevelts-wedding/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hotel-victoria.jpgHotel Victoria, BostonHis father, Theodore Roosevelt, stayed at the Hotel Victoria (the larger building) with wife Edith. Other family members too stayed the Victoria.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/emmanuel-church.jpgEmmanuel Church, BostonBoston's Emmanuel Church was where Archie Roosevelt married Grace Lockwood one hundred years ago today.2017-04-14T11:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/11/wilson-hears-out-roosevelt/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/t_roosevelt.jpgTheodore Roosevelt, circa 19152017-04-11T23:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/10/the-yankees-support-general-wood/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/24199v.jpgLeonard Wood, Jacob Ruppert, and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston, Polo Grounds April 1917Yankee owners Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston went out of their way on Opening Day 1917 to express their support for Leonard Wood. One month later Huston himself would join what became the A.E.F.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/24201v1.jpgLeonard Wood and Halstead Dorey, Polo Grounds April 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/24201v.jpgLeonard Wood and Halstead Dorey2017-04-14T00:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/03/roosevelt-passes-through-washington/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/tr-in-fla.jpgTheodore Roosevelt and Russell J. Coles in Florida, March 1917Theodore Roosevelt and Russell J. Coles in Florida, March 1917. This Library of Congress images is misdated 16 March 1917 in the LOC record. Roosevelt did not leave for Florida until the 23rd of the month.2017-04-03T01:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/04/02/wilson-asks-for-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1.jpg23rd Regiment Armory, BrooklynThe men of the 23rd's Third Battalion were the first from New York State to enter Federal service in the Great War.2017-04-02T16:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/25/leonard-woods-reassignment/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wood-1917.jpg1917 magazine image announcing his Leonard Wood's departure from Eastern DepartmentThis 1917 news clipping from an unknown publication is from the New York Public Library's files.2017-03-25T16:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/22/the-4th-film-shoot/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3794.jpgFilming outside City Techhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3792.jpgGraduate Center facade2017-03-23T18:44:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/14/snow-day-redux/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mrs-fdr.jpgMrs Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Eleanor)As the caption on the image suggests, Eleanor Roosevelt was still finding herself when this image was taken early in her adult life.2017-03-15T00:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/12/sunday-morning-coffee-53/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/roosevelt_patton.jpgTed Roosevelt and George Patton, Sicily 1943Both junior officers in the First World War, Ted Roosevelt and George Patton had become generals by the time this image was taken in Sicily in 1943 during the Second.2017-03-22T15:03:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/10/hagedorns-challenge/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hagedorn-in-bde-march-10-1917.jpgHagedorn in BDE (March 10 1917)Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 10 March 19172017-03-10T02:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/05/wilsons-second-term-begins/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/23887v.jpgPresident Wilson in carriage, 5 March 1917This grainy image captures the cold and grim mood in Washington as President Wilson (top hat, in carriage) attends the ceremony for his second inaugural on 5 March 1917.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/portrait_of_john_purroy_mitchel.jpgNew York City mayor John Purroy Mitchel, 1917New York City mayor John Purroy Mitchel reached out to President Wilson as the president began his second term.2017-03-05T13:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/03/the-second-film-shoot/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3770.jpgFilming in Yonkers 5Alas logistics got in the way of taking a group photo of our entire party of six but here are some of us after our group had lunch at a local micro brewery. All in all not a bad way to spend the day. And productive too.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3768.jpgGold Star Mothers, YonkersGold Star Mothers. This monument was dedicated in 2006 and stands across from the Yonkers train station.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3767.jpgFilming in Yonkers 4Again a different angle. This stretch of roads was the site of Memorial and Veterans Day parades for decades. Our doughboy, his five sons, and many of his grandchildren marched along this way.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3766.jpgFilming in Yonkers 3One of our number has a gift for choosing the best camera spots, in this case a traffic median triangle.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3760.jpgFilming in Yonkers 2Here is another angle. This Great War memorial was dedicated in 1922. I took more still images for eventual submission to the WW1 Memorial Inventory Project.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3756.jpgFilming in Yonkers 1Here are a few of us filming in from of the Yonkers City Hall.2017-03-04T11:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/02/federal-reserve-students/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/24298v.jpgGeorge T. Blood, Governors Island 1917George True Blood, seen here on Governors Island in 1917 after his promotion to brigadier general, was responsible to the tens of thousands of applications pouring in to the Eastern Department that winter just before America joined the war.2017-03-03T01:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/03/02/talking-about-ted-this-saturday/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/thrb-program-march-2017.jpgTRB program on Ted Roosevelt March 20172017-03-02T12:19:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/26/sunday-morning-coffee-52/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0463.jpgSami Steigmann at the circus, February 2014Little did I know when Sami invited me to the circus at the Barclays Center three Februaries ago that Ringlings would be shutting down a few years later.2017-02-26T13:42:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/25/ted-roosevelts-life-in-words/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/roosevelt-at-doubleday-bde-aug-20-1910.jpgRoosevelt at Doubleday, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 20 Aug 19102017-02-25T14:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/22/the-wheels-of-progress/2017-02-24T13:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/19/the-liveliest-magazine-in-america/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bde-sun-feb-18-1917-copy.jpgMetropolitan Magazine advert, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Feb 18 1917Metropolitan Magazine advertisement, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Feb 18 19172017-02-19T05:34:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/17/today-in-history-colonel-and-mrs-roosevelt-visit-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bde-feb-20-1917-copy.jpgPlattsburghers marching with broomsticks on Governors Island, February 1917Civilian Plattsburgh participants march on Governors Island with broomsticks, February 1917. It is not clear from the original Brooklyn Daily Eagle caption if this image was taken the day Colonel Roosevelt turned out at Governors Island on 17 February 1917 to meet Leonard Wood and give his support to the men.2017-02-18T01:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/14/talking-about-ted-roosevelt-the-first-saturday-in-march/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/thrb-program-march-2017.jpgTHRB flyer (March 4, 2017)2017-02-15T11:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/13/grinding-out-these-winter-days/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_3749.jpgDesk after writingAnother day winds down2017-02-14T02:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/12/turning-to-lincoln-on-the-brink-of-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bde-mon-12-feb-1917.jpgReverend Cadman on Lincoln's Birthday 1917The Monday 12 February 1917 Brooklyn Daily Eagle captured the gist of prominent clergyman Samuel Parkes Cadman's talk about Lincoln and the increasing threat of war.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/feb-12-post.jpgLincoln and Wilson, 12 February 1917Lincoln to Wilson, 12 February 1917: "Let us have faith that right makes might . . ."2017-02-13T13:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/09/taking-pause-on-this-snow-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nyt-wedding-article.jpgTheodora Roosevelt weds, June 1945The New York Times captured the June 1945 wedding of Theodora Roosevelt.2017-02-09T14:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/05/thinking-of-mr-donini-in-a-post-fact-world/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/harlem-stand-1939-nypl.jpgHarlem newsstand, 1939Harlem newsstand, 19392017-02-05T15:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/02/03/3-february-1917-a-turning-point/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/07453v.jpgWoodrow Wilson speaks to Congress, 3 February 1917President Wilson speaks to Congress on 3 February 1917 announcing the severing of relations with Germany2017-02-03T14:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/31/living-and-telling-history/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3724.jpgSami Steigmann being interview, January 2017https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3721.jpgSami Steigmann, Museum of Jewish Heritage, January 2017Museum of Jewish Heritage, 29 January 20172017-02-01T01:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/28/the-first-film-shoot/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3714.jpgLieutenant Tobin's grandchildrenThree of Lieutenant Tobin's grandchildrenhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3719.jpgFilm crew posing at Grad CenterThe crew posing at the end of the session2017-01-31T00:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/30/the-fdr-135th/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/c0vahepukaanmr5-large.jpgAdolph Hitler Street becomes Roosevelt Boulevard, March 1945World War II in Europe was reaching its climax in late winter 1945.2017-01-30T10:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/02/frederick-w-whitridge-1852-1916/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/third-avenue-el.jpgThird Avenue Elevated trainThe Third Avenue El was part of New York life for decades.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/730px-whitridge_5517540722_eeab62f813_o.jpgFrederick W. WhitridgeThe funeral of Frederick W. Whitridge was in Manhattan's Grace Church one hundred years ago today.2017-01-29T11:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/29/arnold-whitridge-1891-1989/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the-yale-banner-and-potpourri-1936.jpgArnold Whitridge as seen in The 1936 Yale Banner and Potpourri2017-01-29T11:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/24/what-stands-out-for-me-is-the-destruction/2017-01-29T22:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/23/searching-for-one-doughboys-great-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screen-shot-2017-01-23-at-8-23-32-pm.jpgSt. Nazaire snippet from American Legion MonthyThe American Legion Monthly, November 19362017-01-24T01:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/22/sunday-morning-coffee-51/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mud-march-nypl.jpgEdwin Forbes drawing of the January 1863 Mud MarchEdwin Forbes drawing of the January 1863 Mud March2017-01-22T16:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/18/a-wednesday-evening-wind-down/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3710.jpgimg_37102017-01-19T03:44:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/17/one-tuesday-in-january/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_3708.jpgU.S. Grant bust, Met Museum2017-01-17T13:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/15/taking-stock-of-the-wars-financial-bill/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/war-bonds.jpgGreat War bonds poster via Imperial War Museum2017-01-15T14:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/10/bring-on-2017/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_fri__jan_25__1946_-copy1.jpgUSS New York leaves for Pacific in 1946 (BDE Jan 25, 1946)Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25 January 1946https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_fri__jan_25__1946_-copy.jpgUSS New York leaving for Pacific 1946 (BDE Jan 25, 1946)Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25 January 19462017-01-12T00:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/04/the-uss-new-york/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/013469b.jpgUSS New York bridge2017-01-06T15:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2017/01/01/happy-new-year-4/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bde-jan-3-1917.jpgBrooklyn Daily Eagle New Year cartoon, 3 January 1917American newspapers captured the mood of early January 1917.2017-01-01T16:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/12/30/looking-forward-at-the-end-of-the-year/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/aerial_view_of_terminal_looking_southeast_pier_7_at_center_pier_5_at_right_center_-_bush_terminal_company_between_second_and_third_avenues_from_thirty-ninth_to_fiftieth_haer_ny24-b.jpgaerial_view_of_terminal_looking_southeast_pier_7_at_center_pier_5_at_right_center_-_bush_terminal_company_between_second_and_third_avenues_from_thirty-ninth_to_fiftieth_haer_ny24-brok54-1-tifBrooklyn's Bush Army Terminal was integral to the war effort.2016-12-30T13:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/12/27/governor-whitman-reviews-the-13th/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bde-dec-26-1918.jpgAd for Governor Whitman (BDE Dec 26, 1918)These ads ran all week in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle announcing the date change.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/charles_seymour_whitman_in_1914.jpgGovernor Charles Seymour Whitman in 1914Governor Charles Seymour Whitman spoke at the 13th Armory in Brooklyn on 27 December 19182016-12-27T12:36:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/12/26/the-1918-fleet-review-a-snapshot/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/uss_arizona_bb-39_1918.jpgUSS Arizona (BB-39) December 26, 1918 fleet reviewThe USS Arizona docking at the 96th Street pier, Thursday 26 December 19182016-12-26T14:42:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/12/25/merry-christmas-5/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ussnyc25.jpgUSS New York Christmas 19182016-12-25T13:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/12/24/the-christmas-ship/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23482v.jpg23482vhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23489r.jpg23489rhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23484r.jpg23484rhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23488r.jpg23488rhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23486v.jpg23486vhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23483v.jpg23483v2016-12-25T12:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/12/19/josephus-daniels-looks-back-on-1916/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/josephus_daniels_1.jpgjosephus_daniels_1With the election over and the year winding down Naval Secretary Josephus Daniels issued his annual report in December 1916.2016-12-20T16:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/12/07/75-years-ago-today-pearl-harbor/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3696.jpgimg_3696An a cappella trio doing period songs also performed.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3698.jpgimg_3698After the speeches, wreath laying, songs, and color presentations, film crews moved in to interview the men.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3691.jpgimg_3691The commemoration had several fine speakers besides Ron. Understandably the veterans themselves were the focus.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3688.jpgimg_3688Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger spoke about life in the borough as it was in 1941.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3687.jpgimg_3687ROTC teams from two high schools provided color guards.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3684.jpgimg_3684Camera crews were gathered.2016-12-07T13:32:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/11/26/1939-another-generation-for-the-american-field-service/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/afs-nov-1941.jpgafs-nov-1941an excerpt from the New York Times article about American drivers leaving for Europe in 19392016-11-26T14:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/11/25/franksgiving-2/2016-11-25T23:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/27/franksgiving/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/thanksgiving_menu_pearl_harbor_territory_of_hawaii_1939_page_1_of_2_6347414117.jpgThanksgiving_Menu,_Pearl_Harbor,_Territory_of_Hawaii,_1939,_Page_1_of_2_(6347414117)The cover of the menu for the Marines Thanksgiving dinner, Pearl Harbor 1939. It is unclear if the Marines marked the earlier or later date, though an educated guess would say the earlier being that the directive had come from their commander-in-chief, President Roosevelt. Note that it says Territory of Hawaii. The islands would not achieve statehood.2016-11-25T23:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/11/25/the-american-machiavelli/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/22930r.jpg22930rAnnapolis, Maryland, 25 June 1937: Congressional and Cabinet leadership boards to meet FDR at the Jefferson Island Democratic Club, left to right: House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring; Secretary of State Cordell Hull; Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead; and Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace2016-11-25T21:30:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/11/18/behind-bayonets-and-barbed-wire/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/burial_detail_at_camp_odonnell_after_bataan_death_march.jpgburial_detail_at_camp_odonnell_after_bataan_death_marchPOW burial detail at Camp O¹Donnell just after the Bataan Death March2016-11-19T02:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/11/16/assemblyman-ted-roosevelt/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/troosevelt-letter.jpgtroosevelt-letter2016-11-16T23:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/11/14/a-year-in-the-hands-of-chuck-braverman/2016-11-15T01:08:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/11/07/unknown-soldier/2016-11-08T00:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/11/06/sunday-morning-coffee-50/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3661.jpgimg_3661Quentin Roosevelt memorial, Sagamore Hill: 29 October 20162016-11-06T18:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/10/27/grand-army-plaza-1100-am/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3648.jpgimg_36482016-10-28T02:22:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/10/26/vandalism-at-the-philly-ulc/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/800px-union_league_club_philadelphia_from_robert_n-_dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views.jpg800px-union_league_club_philadelphia_from_robert_n-_dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_viewsStereograph showing the vandalized stairs2016-10-27T01:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/10/24/building-the-national-ww1-memorial/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/world_war_i_photographs_-_nara_-_285372.jpgworld_war_i_photographs_-_nara_-_2853722016-10-25T14:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/10/23/phil-chess-1921-2016/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/800px-chess_records_studios_2012.jpg800px-chess_records_studios_2012Chess 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20122016-10-23T16:54:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/10/16/sunday-morning-coffee-49/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/s-l1600.jpgs-l16002016-10-16T13:18:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/10/12/the-trees-of-eastern-parkway/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3618.jpgimg_3618https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3617.jpgimg_3617https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3616.jpgimg_3616https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3605.jpgimg_3605https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3602.jpgimg_3602https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3598.jpgimg_3598https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3596.jpgimg_3596https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3597.jpgimg_3597https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3595.jpgimg_3595https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3590.jpgimg_35902016-10-13T00:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/10/09/sunday-morning-coffee-48/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3577.jpgimg_35772016-10-09T15:43:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/10/03/private-herman-ruth/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/s-l500.jpgs-l500General Pershing and Private Ruth exchange salutes, 28 May 19242016-10-04T01:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/27/ted-roosevelts-literary-life/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3566.jpgimg_35662016-09-28T00:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/25/sunday-evening-coffee-3/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3565.jpgimg_3565The ferry pulls out.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3561.jpgimg_3561The phone, the recorder and the questionnaires are in place for the last interview of the season. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3557.jpgimg_3557I miseed the end of season party yesterday but got a little goodie bag this morning with a little swag.2016-09-25T23:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/18/doughboy-day-2016-a-snapshot/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3517.jpgimg_3517Neil O'Connor introduced The Lost Battalion and answered questions afterward.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3554.jpgimg_3554Meuse-Argonne Point at the northern tip of the island was where several speakers made the closing remarks of the day.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3553.jpgimg_3553Living doughboy historians march through the historic district for the closing ceremony.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3526.jpgimg_3526George King III and colleague Jeff Klinger spoke to many about the Ambulance 255 and the role of the AFS in the war effort.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3522.jpgimg_3522The Ebony Doughboys drew large audiences at venues throughout the island.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3513.jpgimg_3513Ryan Hegg of the World War One Centennial Committee for New York City spoke of significance of the war.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3508.jpgimg_3508The forty-eight star flag went up over Fort Jay to begin the day.2016-09-19T10:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/16/d-day-minus-24-hours/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eiffel-tower.jpgeiffel-towerGeorge King III and his restored Ambulance 255, Parishttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bell.jpgbellThe original Ambulance 255 attending the wounded in the Woevre, September 1916. Note the bell on the left, which was used to warn of gas attacks.2016-09-16T10:43:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/15/the-lost-battalion/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the_lost_battalion_1919_-_1.jpgthe_lost_battalion_1919_-_1Production still from The Lost Battalion originally appearing in the Hollywood trade publication Moving Picture World June 28, 19192016-09-15T10:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/11/911-plus-fifteen-years/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3500.jpgimg_3500From these apartment building on the northern tip of Governors Island Coast Guard residents watched the Twin Towers rise nearly five decades ago.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3494.jpgimg_3494https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3493.jpgimg_3493Freedom Tower at 8:30 this morning2016-09-12T11:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/10/how-we-used-to-live/2016-09-10T14:15:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/05/americas-last-autumn/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/labor-day-post.jpgLabor Day postAmerican headlines were full of leisure and optimism on Labor Day 1916. The United States entered the Great War the following spring.2016-09-05T13:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/09/01/william-patton-griffith-patriotic-instructor/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/patriot-instructor.jpgPatriot instructorhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/griffith_william_patton_1_front.jpgGriffith_William_Patton_1_Front2016-09-04T23:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/08/30/the-passing-of-the-armies/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/veterans_of_world_war_i_memorial.jpgVeterans_of_World_War_I_Memorial2016-08-31T00:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/08/27/the-battle-of-brooklyn-at-240-years/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3470.jpgIMG_3470https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3467.jpgIMG_3467https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3462.jpgIMG_3462https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3452.jpgIMG_3452https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3455.jpgIMG_3455https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3449.jpgIMG_34492016-08-27T21:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/08/23/a-man-in-the-arena/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3408.jpgIMG_34082016-08-27T22:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/08/21/were-in-the-forever-business/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3445.jpgIMG_3445https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3441.jpgIMG_34412016-08-21T23:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/08/13/governors-islands-52nd-street/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/796px-52nd_street_new_york_by_gottlieb_1948.jpg796px-52nd_Street,_New_York,_by_Gottlieb,_1948Swing Street was the scene for New York's jazz clubs and a hangout for GIs.2016-08-14T12:35:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/08/04/one-mans-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_3397.jpgIMG_3397Today's interviewee lived in Fort Jay's south barracks during his tenure on Governors Island in the early 1960s. He was stationed here until the Army left and made way for the Coast Guard.2016-08-04T20:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/29/watching-movies-at-camp-travis/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/index-php.jpgindex.phpMen of the 165th Depot Brigade on movie night, which may also have included live entrainment performed by the troops themslves2016-07-29T17:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/24/sunday-mornings-in-new-york/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3390.jpgIMG_33902016-07-24T18:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/22/marker-hunting-in-greater-boston/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3355.jpgIMG_3355https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3338.jpgIMG_3338https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3323.jpgIMG_3323https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3302.jpgIMG_3302https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3293.jpgIMG_32932016-07-24T12:34:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/21/bull-run-plus-155-years/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3387.jpgIMG_3387https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3368.jpgIMG_3368https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3367.jpgIMG_33672016-07-22T00:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/21/baptized-by-fire-redux/2016-07-21T17:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/20/from-harlem-to-hell-and-back/2016-07-21T17:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/12/baseballs-brief-european-moment/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/3c18070r.jpg3c18070rWounded Canadians pose in Mrs. Astor's hospital, circa 1915https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/23005r.jpg23005rThe United States was not yet involved in the Great War when the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 1916. Still, Canadians were playing the game overseas in military leagues. Note Babe Ruth sitting fourth from the left.2016-07-11T23:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/04/happy-4th-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3265.jpgIMG_3265https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3263.jpgIMG_32632016-07-11T22:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/11/evans-road/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3277.jpgIMG_3277Evans's boulder and the road named in his honorhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3273.jpgIMG_32732016-07-11T22:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/08/thinking-of-the-somme-on-this-july-day/2016-07-08T18:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/06/route-15-to-gettysburg-a-strawfoot-interview/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_2454.jpgIMG_2454https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/450px-gettysburg_battlefield_3440806791.jpg450px-Gettysburg_Battlefield_(3440806791)Col. Patrick H. O'Rorke memorial, on 140th NY Infantry monument (1889), Little Round Tophttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/the_penn_motel_u-s-_route_15_at_the_penna-_turnpike_-_gettysburg_inter-change_-_5_miles_south_harrisburg_penna_89308.jpgThe_Penn_Motel,_U.S._Route_15_at_the_Penna._Turnpike_--_Gettysburg_Inter-change_--_5_miles_south,_Harrisburg,_Penna_(89308)2016-07-10T19:04:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/07/01/remembering-elizabeth-ann-seton-this-gettysburg-weekend/2016-07-01T17:39:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/06/27/olmsteds-civil-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/frederick_law_olmstead_1857.jpgFrederick_law_olmstead_1857Olmsted in 18572016-06-27T22:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/06/26/sunday-morning-coffee-47/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3250.jpgIMG_32502016-06-27T13:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/06/25/a-day-in-the-life/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_1785.jpgIMG_17852016-06-25T18:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/06/24/treetones-a-strawfoot-interview/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3235.jpgIMG_3235Yellow ribbons are a thoughtful detail.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3215.jpgIMG_3215This is a faraway photograph of the Honey Locust one sees directly above this image.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3214.jpgIMG_3214https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3213.jpgIMG_3213https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3210.jpgIMG_32102016-06-24T18:49:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/06/17/bon-weekend-9/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3197.jpgIMG_31972016-06-17T21:16:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/06/14/flag-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2108.jpgIMG_2108https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2104.jpgIMG_21042016-06-14T22:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/06/12/the-fort-jay-eagle/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screen-shot-2016-06-12-at-10-05-14-am.jpgScreen Shot 2016-06-12 at 10.05.14 AMThe eagle as seen in a late nineteenth century publication of the Military Service Institution. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3195.jpgIMG_3195https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3194.jpgIMG_3194The sandstone is heavy and is moved into place with hoists. One can the scaffolded eagle in the background.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3193.jpgIMG_3193https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3192.jpgIMG_3192A ranger discusses the ins-and-outs of the project.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3189.jpgIMG_31892016-06-13T12:54:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/06/07/the-other-june-6th/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3180.jpgIMG_3180One of the inscriptions on the Robert F. Kennedy memorial.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3187.jpgIMG_3187The phased renovation has led to the removal of plaques and trees dedicated to Great War veterans.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3185.jpgIMG_3185Kennedy was a U.S. senator representing New York while running for the presidency in 19682016-06-07T16:33:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/30/thinking-of-charles-p-summerall-on-memorial-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3095.jpgIMG_3095https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3093.jpgIMG_3093https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3097.jpgIMG_30972016-05-30T14:19:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/29/sunday-afternoon-coffee/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3161.jpgIMG_3161Ray Knight walks down the red carpet to greet teammates from the 1986 Mets.2016-05-29T17:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/28/thinking-of-cantigny/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/27227v.jpg27227v2016-05-28T01:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/26/remembering-victor-carlstroms-flight/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_wed__may_9__1917_.jpgThe_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Wed__May_9__1917_https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/postcard.jpgPostcardOne of the approximately 1000 pieces of mail Victor Carlstrom carried on his flight2016-05-29T13:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/25/memorial-week/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3149.jpgIMG_3149The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum as seen today at noontime.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3147.jpgIMG_3147The reading of In Flanders Fields2016-05-26T02:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/15/cafard/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/a_belgian_minerva_armoured_car_and_crew_november_1914.jpgA_Belgian_Minerva_armoured_car_and_crew_November_1914A Belgian Minerva crew similar to those depicted in Cafard2016-05-16T00:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/13/preparedness-day-1916/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/colonel_theodore_roosevelt_has_his_own_preparedness_parade_at_oyster_bay-_15014041428.jpgColonel_Theodore_Roosevelt_Has_His_Own_Preparedness_Parade_at_Oyster_Bay._(15014041428)Boy Scouts pose with Theodore Roosevelt, May 13, 19162016-05-14T01:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/12/the-npss-reconstruction/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/large-271953-reconstruction_era.jpglarge-271953 Reconstruction_era2016-05-13T10:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/05/02/may/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3124.jpgIMG_3124U.S. president and Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Taft rests today in Arlington National Cemetery.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3129.jpgIMG_31292016-05-02T11:55:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/04/24/the-easter-rising/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/21699v.jpg21699vJeremiah C. Lynch was caught up in the Easter Rising in April 1916.2016-04-24T23:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/04/22/april-at-the-nybg/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pic-1.jpgpic 1https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pic-5.jpgpic 5https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pic-3.jpgpic 3https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pic-2.jpgpic 2https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pic-6.jpgpic 6https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pic-4.jpgpic 42016-04-23T05:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/04/19/arthur-millers-brooklyn/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_3051.jpgIMG_3051Arthur Miller's house in the Heights. The playwright lived in several Brooklyn locations before divorcing and marrying Marilyn Monroe.2016-04-20T01:43:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/04/10/the-american-ambulance-in-russia/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/21527v.jpg21527vNew Yorkers turn out at the the Russian Consulate, 22 Washington Square, for the blessing of Studebaker ambulances headed for the Eastern Front.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/21442v.jpg21442v2016-04-10T16:54:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/04/06/the-golden-flyer/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3b10974r.jpg3b10974rhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/21391r.jpg21391r2016-04-06T23:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/04/03/thinking-of-rube-marquard-on-opening-day-2016/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rube.jpgRubeBrooklyn was in Chicago playing the Cubs when he enlisted in the Navy. He pitched later that day. Note that he entered the Navy three weeks after the season began. A Note: All sites I have seen list his birth year as 1886. However, all of his official paper work--military papers, census records--say 1889.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/marquard-2.jpgMarquard 2Brooklyn was in Chicago playing the Cubs when he enlisted in the Navy. He pitched later that day. Note that he entered the Navy three weeks after the season began. A Note: All sites I have seen list his birth year as 1886. However, all of his official paper work--military papers, census records--say 1889. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rube-marquard-draft-card.jpgRube Marquard draft cardHis draft registration card. It is interesting to note that he lived in Upper Manhattan, which is not surprising given that he played for the Giants before the Robins.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/22407r.jpg22407rRube Marquard as he was when he played for the Brooklyn Robins2016-04-03T20:26:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/30/frederick-seward-in-winter/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/frederick-seward.jpgFrederick SewardFrederick W. Seward helped found the Republican Party in New York.2016-04-04T01:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/27/one-familys-battle-of-brooklyn/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3012.jpgIMG_3012https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3011.jpgIMG_30112016-03-28T00:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/25/the-paderewskis-easter-1916/2016-03-25T15:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/23/louis-auchincloss-1917-2010-2/2016-03-24T01:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/20/sunday-morning-coffee-46/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3010.jpgIMG_30102016-03-29T22:25:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/15/the-wonder-of-it-all/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/the-wonder-of-it-all.jpgNPS100 full cover.indd2016-03-16T01:19:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/13/new-yorks-great-war-on-social-media/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/index-php1.jpgindex.php2016-03-14T23:56:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/14/the-junior-committee-of-the-american-ambulance-hospital/2016-03-15T01:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/09/wilson-gets-a-secretary-of-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/baker.jpgBakerNewton Baker and General Hugh Scott, circa 19162016-03-10T01:36:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/08/plus-ca-change/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/07305r.jpg07305rBaruch during the Great War2016-03-08T11:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/04/recognizing-sami-steigmann/2016-03-05T02:14:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/03/02/wilsons-temporary-secretary-of-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/index-php.jpgindex.phpHugh Lenox Scott (1853-1934) was of the West Point generation too young for the Civil War and too old for World War 1.2016-03-03T01:05:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/24/the-war-will-be-over-by-december/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/02366v.jpg02366vVictor Murdock (1871-1945) led a long productive life as a congressman, newspaperman, and broker. After seeing Europe first hand in 1915 and early 1916 he believed the Great War's end to be imminent.2016-02-25T09:43:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/22/coming-across-a-piece-of-the-first-army/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2975.jpgIMG_2975https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2969.jpgIMG_29692016-02-23T02:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/21/progress-at-the-trb/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2978.jpgIMG_29782016-02-22T00:45:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/21/treaties-trenches-mud-and-blood/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/61pjg26ojol-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg61Pjg26OJOL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_2016-02-21T14:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/15/signifying-presidents-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/speaking-softly.jpgSpeaking softly2016-02-15T16:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/31/winding-down-january-1916-at-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/index-php1.jpgindex.phpTheodore Roosevelt's friend and political ally Leonard Wood was a major advocate Preparedness while commanding at Governors Island.2016-02-15T14:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/13/never-forgotten-the-story-of-sergeant-paul-maynard/2016-02-15T21:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/12/a-quick-peak-at-borough-hall-station/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/brooklyn_borough_hall_lc-usz62-92622.jpgBrooklyn_Borough_Hall_LC-USZ62-92622Borough Hall in 1908, the year the subway opened at this location. Note the two subway entrances.2016-02-13T01:26:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/10/secretary-garrison-resigns/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/3b42939r.jpg3b42939rat his office in the State, War, and Navy Building2016-02-10T11:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/09/five-years-and-counting/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/imag0082.jpgIMAG00822016-02-10T01:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/02/07/sunday-morning-coffee-45/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-07-at-8-22-29-am.jpgScreen Shot 2016-02-07 at 8.22.29 AMThree images of the Reverend S. Parkes Cadman from his Brooklyn Daily Eagle obituary2016-02-07T14:30:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/30/franklin-delano-roosevelt-1882-1945/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12014r.jpg12014rA youthful Franklin Roosevelt as he was circa 1916 in his mid-30s. He loved performing these types of duties as assistant secretary of the Navy2016-01-30T23:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/28/brooklyns-daily-eagle-and-the-manhattan-pattern/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/index-php.jpgindex.phpThe Brooklyn Daily Eagle building stood in what is now Cadman Plaza.2016-01-29T00:53:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/24/sunday-morning-coffee-44/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2888.jpgIMG_28882016-01-24T15:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/17/documenting-cadman-plaza/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2934.jpgIMG_2934The plaque and hall from a distance. The tablet is in the lower left corner above the white car.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2939.jpgIMG_2939Brenner's plaque on the northern face of Brooklyn's Borough Hall2016-01-17T23:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/14/losing-roosevelts-badlands/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/little_missouri_river_in_n-_roosevelt_park_north_dakota_badlands_84322.jpgLittle_Missouri_River_in_N._Roosevelt_Park,_North_Dakota_Badlands_(84322)A postcard circa 1930s-1940s2016-01-15T23:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/05/digitizing-fdr/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3b38711r.jpg3b38711rRoosevelt (in white pants at center right) and James M. Cox arrive at the White House with reporters in tow prior to their meeting with President Wilson, July 1920. Cox, with FDR as his running mate, lost his presidential bid that year. Roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy at the time.2016-01-07T15:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/03/sunday-morning-coffee-43/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3g10020v.jpg3g10020v2016-01-03T14:34:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2016/01/01/find-your-park-in-2016/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/campbells_new_revised_third_edition_complete_guide_and_descriptive_book_of_the_yellowstone_park_1916_14797475683.jpgCampbell's_new_revised_third_edition_complete_guide_and_descriptive_book_of_the_Yellowstone_Park_(1916)_(14797475683)Yellowstone as it was in 1916, the year Woodrow Wilson signed the enabling legislation for the National Park Service. Grant had established Yellowstone itself as a national park thirty-four years earlier.2016-01-01T23:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/31/george-clayton-johnson-1929-2015/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/428px-george_clayton_johnson.jpg428px-George_Clayton_JohnsonGeorge Clayton Johnson in 20062015-12-31T22:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/29/remembering-millard-fillmore-cook/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/officers-card-cook.jpgOfficers card cookOne sees the two calls to national service. New York Governor John A. Dix appointed Cook a brevet captain in 1912. Five years later a Governors Island medical board recommended his honorable discharge on medical grounds.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/william-f-cook-bde-jan-27-1934.jpgWilliam F. Cook (BDE Jan 27, 1934)Cook (1855-1934) was born during the Franklin Pierce Administration six years prior to the onset of the Civil War.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/muster-roll-for-cook.jpgMuster roll for CookMillard Fillmore Cook served under General Pershing on the Mexican border in 1916. The following year he was discharged from the 106th (23rd) due to a broken leg. He served forty-one in the New York State militia.2015-12-29T23:27:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/27/georges-de-paris-1934-2015/2015-12-27T20:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/25/merry-christmas-4/2015-12-25T16:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/24/an-eisenhower-christmas/2015-12-24T21:19:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/12/frank-sinatra-1915-1998/2015-12-24T13:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/07/pearl-harbor-whos-she-4/2015-12-08T00:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/06/lincolns-peekskill/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2843.jpgIMG_2843One can only imagine what Lincoln was thinking as he watched the Hudson Valley roll by on his way to Washington during the secession crisis in winter 1861.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2839.jpgIMG_2839Sculptor Richard Masloski created this Lincoln and other works one will see in the Lincoln Depot Museum.2015-12-06T16:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/12/04/photo-of-the-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/415px-women_taking_mens_places.jpg415px-Women_taking_men's_placesWomen working on the railroad in the Allied war effort in Bernard Baruch's War Industries Board, Glenwood, Pennsylvania, circa 1918https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2835.jpgIMG_28352015-12-05T01:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/29/countdown-to-the-ww1-memorial-selection/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ar-151129467maxw650.jpgAR-151129467.jpg&MaxW=650New York State doughboys retuning home, August 19192015-12-01T04:57:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/26/happy-thanksgiving-5/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/03451v.jpg03451vThough undefined in the crowd, William Jennings Bryan was in attendance that Thanksgiving Day. His attendance assuaged concerns of Protestant exclusion and signaled America's determined neutrality in the escalating war.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/st-pat-1.jpgSt Pat (1)St. Patrick's Church, Washington D.C. 26 November 1914: the mood was somber the first Thanksgiving of the Great Warhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/st-pat.jpgSt PatSt. Patrick's Church, Washington D.C.. 26 November 1914: The mood was somber the first Thanksgiving on the Great War2015-11-26T16:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/22/hemingways-paris-today/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ernest_hemingway_paris_1924.jpgEH5738PHemingway in Paris, 1924: less than a decade removed from his time as a WW1 ambulance driver.2015-11-22T16:32:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/19/crossing-the-mersey/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/800px-liverpool_skyline.jpg800px-Liverpool_skylineLiverpool (above) was one of Europe's many port cities from which Europeans flocked to the United States prior to the First World War.2015-11-20T00:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/15/sunday-morning-coffee-42/2015-11-15T14:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/11/armistice-day-1935/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/47172r.jpg47172rPresident Roosevelt speaking at Arlington Cemetery, Armistice Day 19352015-11-12T22:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/08/visiting-the-grover-cleveland-birthplace/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12219v.jpg12219vThe beautiful Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston as she was around the time of the start of the First World Warhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2770.jpgIMG_2770The Grover Cleveland Birthplace is today managed by the State of New Jersey.2015-11-08T15:06:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/06/the-smell-of-victory-in-the-evening/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2766.jpgIMG_27662015-11-07T01:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/03/juilliards-military-tradition/2015-11-04T01:25:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/11/01/the-rough-riders-in-54mm/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2751.jpgIMG_27512015-11-02T01:21:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/10/25/remembering-my-aunt-carol/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/imag0010.jpgIMAG0010Gettysburg was one of Aunt Carol's favorite places.2015-10-26T02:26:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/10/24/a-snapshot-of-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/garden-party-governors-island-e1445221745818.jpgGarden-Party-Governors-Island-e14452217458182015-10-24T14:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/10/18/sunday-morning-coffee-41/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/800px-habs_eisenhower_farm.jpg800px-HABS_Eisenhower_FarmEisenhower Farm in winter2015-10-18T16:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/10/15/a-quick-tie-story/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2721.jpgIMG_2721Navy grenadine2015-10-16T03:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/10/12/lincolns-chair-to-go-under-the-gavel/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/3a52058r.jpg3a52058r2015-10-17T12:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/10/09/bearing-lincoln/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/abe.jpgAbe2015-10-10T01:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/10/04/kansas-city-1921/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/american-legion-reviewing-stand.jpgamerican legion reviewing stand2015-10-06T01:16:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/10/01/tra-boston/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2694.jpgIMG_2694Nora Cordingley worked here at the NYPL in the early 1920s before taking a position at Roosevelt House in 1923.2015-10-01T18:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/09/30/coming-soon-the-wonder-of-it-all/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1349.jpgIMG_1349The North Bridge over the Concord River, Minute Man National Historical Park2015-10-01T13:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/09/27/john-kipling-1897-1915/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/my_boy_jack_john_kipling.jpgMy_Boy_Jack_John_KiplingJohn ("Jack") Kipling died at the Battle of Loos 100 years ago today.2015-09-27T01:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/09/20/sunday-morning-coffee-40/2015-09-20T21:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/09/19/a-signed-roosevelt-memorial-edition/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2700.jpgIMG_27002015-09-20T01:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/09/15/the-new-york-times-on-ft-hamilton/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/index-php.jpgindex.phpOne gets a sense of Ft. Hamilton's remoteness in this turn of the century photograph. Note the water background.2015-09-16T00:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/09/13/connecticuts-1917-military-census/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hagedorn-connecticut.jpgHagedorn Connecticut2015-09-14T01:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/09/07/summer-2015-winding-down/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2660.jpgIMG_26602015-09-08T01:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/09/06/sunday-morning-coffee-39/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2443.jpgIMG_2443https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2434.jpgIMG_24342015-09-06T22:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/30/the-sinatra-iconography/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2608.jpgIMG_26082015-08-30T22:10:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/25/the-park-service-enters-its-100th-year/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/14240r.jpg14240rStephen T. Mather was the National Park Service's first director and guiding voice.2015-08-25T01:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/22/thomas-sullys-jonathan-williams/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2603.jpgIMG_2603Though born in Boston, Jonathan Williams was very much part of Philadelphia society. He rests today in Laurel Hill Cemetery.2015-08-22T15:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/20/remembering-merle-hay-and-the-men-of-the-16th-infantry-regiment/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/16th-infantry-grave.jpg16th infantry grave2015-08-21T15:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/17/the-great-war-hopefully-in-philately/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2595.jpgIMG_25952015-08-18T01:33:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/16/sunday-morning-coffee-38/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/words-of-bonds.jpgWords of Bondshttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_1785.jpgIMG_1785Sami Steigmann: volunteer, Holocaust survivor, educator2015-08-17T02:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/13/a-harding-mystery-solved/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/3c30972r.jpg3c30972rNo prude or shrinking violet, Warrend G. Harding loved a good cigars, a social drink, and the company of women.2015-08-14T00:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/12/the-slave-dwelling-project-comes-to-new-york/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/index-php.jpgindex.php2015-08-13T02:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/10/francis-in-philadelphia/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2468.jpgIMG_2468Gettysburg National Cemetery2015-08-11T02:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/07/civil-war-weekend-2015/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-cww-fliers.jpg2015 CWW Fliershttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-cww-flier.jpg2015 CWW Flier2015-08-07T16:56:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/06/the-other-peninsula-campaign/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/28522v.jpg28522vPuck magazine turned ten the year of the Yorktown Centennial. Sort of the Onion of its day, it naturally had to poke some fun of the occasion.2015-08-07T01:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/04/george-marshall-and-the-atomic-age/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/george_c-_marshall_and_henry_l-_stimson_cph-3c35310.jpgGeorge_C._Marshall_and_Henry_L._Stimson_cph.3c35310Amy Chief of Staff Marshall and Secretary of War Henry Stimson confer in early 1942. The two WW1 veterans were instrumental in the creation of the Manhattan Project ushering in the Atomic Age.2015-08-04T22:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/08/01/what-did-ww1-veterans-think-of-their-service/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/29128r.jpg29128rSergeant York was one of the tens of thousands of doughboys who filled out an MSR reflecting on his experience in the Great War.2015-08-03T00:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/30/recalling-san-diegos-panama-california-exposition/2015-07-31T01:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/28/deconstructing-alice-eleanor/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2532.jpgIMG_2532Authors Timothy Dwyer (center) and Mark Peyesrer discuss their new book about the relationship between Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Eleanor Roosevelt, 28 July 20152015-07-29T01:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/26/sunday-morning-coffee-37/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/parc_des_princes_31-7-1910_lapize_c3a0_son_arrivc3a9e_du_tour_de_france.jpgParc_des_Princes,_31-7-1910,_Lapize_à_son_arrivée_du_Tour_de_FranceJuly 31, 1910: an exhausted Lapize wins the Tour de France. Note the flowers.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/800px-the_nine_sovereigns_at_windsor_for_the_funeral_of_king_edward_vii.jpg800px-The_Nine_Sovereigns_at_Windsor_for_the_funeral_of_King_Edward_VIIThese nine rulers are just some of the European royalty who showed up for the funeral of King Edward VII on May 20, 1910. Their striking resemblance is not coincidental; many were related to one another. Less than five years later they would be at war.2015-07-27T13:08:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/24/battling-for-lincoln/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/3a02010r.jpg3a02010rJJohn Nicolay (seated) and John Hay (right) were best friends who worked selflessly for President Lincoln. After the war they toiled equally hard to craft his image and defend the Unionist perspective of the war.2015-07-25T01:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/21/a-public-place/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/index-php3.jpgindex.phpThis 1862 photograph shows the construction of Central Park. Note how the soil has been raked and the boulders placed in preparation for the landscaping that would come later.2015-07-25T01:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/19/harry-vardon-1870-1937/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/index-php-1.jpgindex.php (1)Today no longer part of the Open rotation, Prestwick was the scene of Vardon's 1914 Open victory.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/index-php2.jpgindex.phpBest known today for the Vardon Grip, the overlapping technique commonly used today, Harry Vardon won six Open Championship prior to the First World War.2015-07-19T22:31:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/17/the-effort-to-preserve-the-waikiki-war-memorial-natatorium/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/800px-bleachers-waikiki_natatorium_war_memorial_near_kaimana_beach-sunny.jpg800px-Bleachers--Waikiki_Natatorium_War_Memorial_near_Kaimana_Beach-sunnyThe Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium as it is today.2015-07-17T14:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/15/quentin-roosevelt-lantern-slides/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lantern-1.jpglantern 1https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lantern-31.jpglantern 3https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lantern-3.jpglantern 32015-07-16T01:34:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/12/anthony-frederick-wilding-1883-1915/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/762px-anthony_frederick_wilding_on_a_motorcycle.jpg762px-Anthony_Frederick_Wilding_on_a_motorcycleLawyer, cricketer, motor enthusiast and tennis champion Anthony Frederick (Tony) Wilder as he was in 1908, seven years before he was killed on the Western Front.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/800px-anthony_wilding_and_beals_wright_wimbledon_1910.jpg800px-Anthony_Wilding_and_Beals_Wright,_Wimbledon_1910Anthony Wilding (far court) defeated fellow tennis hall-of-famer Beals Wright in the 1910 Wimbledon final. Note the all-white uniforms.2015-07-12T02:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/10/sagamore-hill-set-to-reopen/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/index-php1.jpgindex.php2015-07-10T10:08:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/09/robert-roosevelts-brooklyn-bridge/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/484px-robert_roosevelt_-_brady-handy.jpg484px-Robert_Roosevelt_-_Brady-Handy2015-07-09T12:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/05/who-will-be-the-last-remaining-ww2-veteran/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2450.jpgIMG_2450https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2448.jpgIMG_2448An aging WW2 veterans is escorted onto the Hermione, July 3, 20152015-07-06T23:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/04/thinking-of-the-french-this-4th/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img-010.jpgimg-010As the caption on this old photograph indicates, Colonel Stanton's famous words are often misattributed to John Pershing. General Pershing was in attendance and had previously approved Colonel Stanton's speech, including its most famous line. The 16th Infantry, part of the First Infantry Division, had led the highly publicized march.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2453.jpgIMG_2453The Hermione docked at the South Street Seaport, July 2015https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2432.jpgIMG_2432One of the beautiful things about the Battery is its sense of the old and the modern, as this image of the castle with the Manhattan skyline attests.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2431.jpgIMG_2431The Marquis de Lafayette arrived in Castle Garden, also called Castle Clinton in 1824. Today this is a unit of the National Park Service.2015-07-04T15:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/07/01/robert-bullards-interwar-years/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/index-php.jpgindex.phpRobert Lee Bullard commanded the First Division, the Second Army, and the III Corps over the course of World War One.2015-07-13T01:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/28/sunday-evening-winding-down/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2329.jpgIMG_23292015-06-29T02:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/21/the-bowery-boys-are-in-the-house/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2389.jpgIMG_2389The Bowery Boys in the Castle Williams courtyard2015-06-22T00:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/20/the-first-world-wars-50th-anniversary/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/smoke_rises_near_u-s-_capitol_during_riot_1968.jpgSmoke_rises_near_U.S._Capitol,_during_riot,_1968Smoke rises visibly above the U.S. Capitol on 8 April in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 2015-06-20T20:46:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/18/new-yorks-social-set/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lossy-page1-750px-famous_new_york_african_american_soldiers_return_home-_notables_gathered_at_the_union_league_revi_-_-_-_-_nara_-_533541-tif.jpglossy-page1-750px-Famous_New_York_(African_American)_soldiers_return_home._Notables_gathered_at_the_Union_League_revi_._._._-_NARA_-_533541.tifUnion League Club, 19192015-06-18T18:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/14/sunday-morning-coffee-36/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2370.jpgIMG_23702015-06-15T01:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/11/washington-roeblings-wars/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20534v.jpg20534v Major General Joseph Hooker's headquarters at the Chancellorsville house, where Washington A. Roebling served during that battle2015-06-12T00:50:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/10/they-deserve-their-own-memorial/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/800px-pershing_park_-_washington_dc_-_2010-0008.jpg800px-Pershing_Park_-_Washington_DC_-_2010-0008Pershing Park is to become the location of the National WWI Memorial.2015-06-11T02:14:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/10/scenes-from-a-no-hitter/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2346.jpgIMG_2346https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2341.jpgIMG_2341https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2336.jpgIMG_2336https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2335.jpgIMG_23352015-06-10T11:58:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/07/sunday-morning-coffee-35/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/37474v.jpg37474vPrivate Hiram L. Barrett of Co. K, 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment 2015-06-07T10:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/03/counting-the-ww2-dead/2015-06-04T12:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/06/01/reading-liggett/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/494px-hunter_liggett.jpg494px-Hunter_LiggettLiggett Hall on Governors Island is named after Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2285.jpgIMG_2285Hunter Liggett authored these two books in 1925 (Commanding and American Army) and 1928 )A.E.F.).2015-06-02T01:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/31/the-summer-is-on-at-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2281.jpgIMG_2281The scaffolding is going up around the eagle atop the Fort Jay sallyport. The sandstone sculpture in over two centuries old.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2278.jpgIMG_2278https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2276.jpgIMG_2276This cannon is on loan from another site for the summer.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2272.jpgIMG_2272Orientation under one of the shade trees in the Fort Jay courtyardhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2270.jpgIMG_2270The Staten Island ferry with the Statue of Liberty off in the distance, 10:00 yesterday2015-05-31T15:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/27/the-roebling-museum/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2231.jpgIMG_2231The gateway to the Roebling Museum2015-05-28T01:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/21/the-roosevelts-bowling-green/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2176.jpgIMG_2176Bowling Green, looking South. That is the Custom House in the distance.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2175.jpgIMG_2175Bowling Green, looking North. The Cunard Building I wrote about the other day is on the left in the background.2015-05-27T21:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/05/26/happy-memorial-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/27949v.jpg27949vPuck, 28 May 19132015-05-25T15:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/25/memorial-day-2015/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/index-php2.jpgindex.php2015-05-25T15:27:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/23/william-zinsser-1922-2012/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/3a14957r.jpg3a14957rIn a piece about Ellis Island, William Zinsser famously took up the 300 word challenge to prove that a write need not be verbose to convey his message.2015-05-23T16:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/17/the-cunard-building/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/index-php1.jpgindex.phphttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2180.jpgIMG_2180https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2185.jpgIMG_2185https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2181.jpgIMG_21812015-05-17T16:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/13/in-flanders-fields/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2253.jpgIMG_2253https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2249.jpgIMG_2249https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2244.jpgIMG_2244https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2243.jpgIMG_22432015-05-15T15:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/10/sunday-morning-coffee-34/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2207.jpgIMG_2207Rob Europe playing at Pier Ahttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/index-php-1.jpgindex.php (1)2015-05-10T14:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/08/remembering-ve-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2197.jpgIMG_2197Consul Mr. Bernd Reindl speaks at the ceremony in New York remembering the Lusitania, 7 May 2015https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/may_8th_1945_9929780596.jpgMay_8th_1945_(9929780596)Danes in Copenhagen read of the end of the Second World War, 8 May 19452015-05-08T14:24:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/16/erik-larson-at-roosevelt-house/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_2050.jpgIMG_2050https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/unnamed.jpgunnamed2015-05-08T13:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/07/remembering-the-lusitania/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2206.jpgIMG_2206https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2200.jpgIMG_2200https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2199.jpgIMG_2199https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2196.jpgIMG_2196https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2195-1.jpgIMG_2195 (1)https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2195.jpgIMG_2195https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2190.jpgIMG_2190https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2189.jpgIMG_21892015-05-08T00:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/05/03/rms-lusitania-sails/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/index-php.jpgindex.phpa 1913 menu from the luxury liner, one year prior to the outbreak of the war2015-05-03T15:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/30/the-launch-of-the-tennessee/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/28723v.jpgApril 30, 1919 (LOC)Franklin Delano Roosevelt (left, top hat) at the launching of the Tennessee, 30 April 19192015-05-01T00:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/26/a-thank-you-to-the-rangers-of-the-theodore-roosevelt-birthplace/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2116.jpgIMG_21162015-04-30T13:58:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/25/the-roosevelts-union-square-150-years-ago-today/2015-04-25T01:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/21/twelve-days-of-the-carter-family/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wildwoodflower.jpgWildwoodFlowerhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/carter_family_1927.jpgCarter_Family_1927A.P., Maybelle (seated), and Sara Carter in a 1927 publicity still2015-04-23T13:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/20/john-howland-lathrops-unitarian-church/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/howland.jpgHowlandhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2096.jpgIMG_2096https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20891.jpgIMG_2089https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2089.jpgIMG_20892015-04-20T23:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/17/the-lost-sketchbooks-interview-part-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/148-croix-de-guerre.jpg#148 Croix de Guerrehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4-0-2.jpg4.0.2https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/67-mostly-billets-sketchbook.jpg#67 Mostly Billets Sketchbookhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/22-meade-sketchbook-cover.jpg#22 Meade Sketchbook Coverhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150-comin-home.jpg#150 Comin Homehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/144-side-show.jpg#144 Side Showhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/143-hospital-train-attendant.jpg#143 Hospital Train Attendanthttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/134-railway-gun.jpg#134 Railway Gunhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/122-germans-at-haumont.jpg#122 Germans at Haumont2015-04-18T14:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/16/the-lost-sketchbooks-interview-part-1/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/116-doughboys-bringing-back-wounded.jpg#116 Doughboys Bringing Back Woundedhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/81-whered-that-un-go.jpg#81 Where'd That-un Gohttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/98-the-city-hall-when-jerry-finished-the-prelude.jpg#98 The City Hall When Jerry Finished the Preludehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/104-mendy-finds-a-magazine.jpg#104 Mendy Finds a Magazinehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/86-street-in-a-ruined-town1.jpg#86 Street in a Ruined Townhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/86-street-in-a-ruined-town.jpg#86 Street in a Ruined Townhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/81-engineers-in-the-front-line-st-agnan.jpg#81 Engineers in the Front Line, St. Agnanhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/75-the-third-billet-an-old-chateau.jpg#75 The Third Billet, an Old Chateauhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/66-calais-rest-camp.jpg#66 Calais Rest Camphttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4-12-life-boat-row.jpg4.12 life boat row2015-04-17T23:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/13/more-booth/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/450px-edwinboothgrave1.jpg450px-EdwinBoothGravehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/450px-edwinboothgrave.jpg450px-EdwinBoothGraveEdwin Booth, 1833-18932015-04-14T02:15:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/12/sunday-morning-coffee-33/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1063.jpgIMG_1063Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's final resting place, Hyde Park, New York. The Roosevelt Library and Museum are in the background.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/roosevelt-funeral-procession-loc.jpgRoosevelt funeral procession (LOC)Eighty Aprils after Lincoln's funeral the country mourned the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Note the bloom on the trees in the upper left hand corner.2015-04-12T21:03:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/11/leonard-wood-marks-opening-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/24200v.jpg24200vWood poses with Yankee skipper "Wild Bill" Donovan. The Yankees were not yet THE YANKEES. A few years later they would acquire Ruth and move to the Bronx into the stadium he would help make possible.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/24197v.jpg24197vMajor General Leonard Wood had just been relieved of command when he tossed out the Yankees first pitch on April 11, 1917.2015-04-11T01:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/10/edwin-booths-new-york/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2081.jpgIMG_2081Members of The Players NYC who have enjoyed this Gramercy Park view have included Pete Hamill, Humphrey Bogart, William T. Sherman, Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, and Morgan Freeman.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/494px-edwin_booth_richard_iii_playbill_1872.jpg494px-Edwin_Booth_Richard_III_Playbill_1872Edwin Booth was part of the fabric on New York City social and cultural life for decades. The extent to which this is true is often lost on us today.2015-04-10T18:06:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/09/the-civil-war-in-my-life-3/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/index-php1.jpegindex.phpWesley Merritt's 1897 interpretation of Lee's surrender2015-04-09T19:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/08/dan-t-moore-white-house-aide-sparring-partner/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/zepellin.jpgZepellinIn 1916 the Wilson Administration promoted him to major in a move to promote 1000 officers in preparation for potential involvement in the Great War. AS this once-classified document indicated he served on the General Staff.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/25601r.jpg25601rDan T. Moore was a captain of artillery and presidential aide when he sparred with Theodore Roosevelt.2015-04-09T01:09:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/04/the-sweet-science-goes-to-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lossy-page1-800px-boxing_instructions_main_barracks_naval_training_station_san_francisco_california-_-_nara_-_533692-tif.jpglossy-page1-800px-Boxing_instructions,_main_barracks,_Naval_Training_Station,_San_Francisco,_California._-_NARA_-_533692.tifBoxing instructions, main barracks, Naval Training Station, San Francisco, California, circa 1918https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6a30233r.jpg6a30233rWorld's largest boxing class2015-04-08T15:10:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/06/opening-day-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4a03609r.jpg4a03609rWhen not playing ball they worked in the dining room and elsewhere. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/index-php.jpegindex.phpAfter playing in 1914 with Poinciana, Poles jumped teams and joined The Breakers.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/f-e-c-_hotel_co-_royal_poinciana_palm_beach_fla_lccn2007660754-tif.jpgF.E.C._Hotel_Co.,_Royal_Poinciana,_Palm_Beach,_Fla_LCCN2007660754.tifHere is the field. The audience was primarily the hotel guests.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/the-royal_poinciana-hugh-manatee-loc.jpgThe Royal_Poinciana; Hugh Manatee, LOCWhen not playing ball they worked in the dining room and elsewhere.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/the-royal_poinciana_palm_beach_florida_1900-detroit-publishing-co.jpgThe Royal_Poinciana,_Palm_Beach,_Florida,_1900; Detroit Publishing Co.Spot Poles and other ballplayers played for such hotels as the Royal Poinciana2015-04-06T01:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/05/happy-easter-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/25414v.jpg25414vartist Louis Dalrymple for Puck magazine, 18 April 19002015-04-05T01:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/02/dreaming-rough-rider/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/john_k-_daniels_s_butter_sculpture_of_teddy_roosevelt_minnesota_state_fair_1910.jpgJohn_K._Daniels’s_butter_sculpture_of_Teddy_Roosevelt,_Minnesota_State_Fair,_1910https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/373px-john_k-_daniels_s_butter_sculpture_of_teddy_roosevelt_minnesota_state_fair_19101.jpg373px-John_K._Daniels’s_butter_sculpture_of_Teddy_Roosevelt,_Minnesota_State_Fair,_1910https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/373px-john_k-_daniels_s_butter_sculpture_of_teddy_roosevelt_minnesota_state_fair_1910.jpg373px-John_K._Daniels’s_butter_sculpture_of_Teddy_Roosevelt,_Minnesota_State_Fair,_19102015-04-03T00:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/04/01/sidd-finch-turns-thirty/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/herb_caen3.jpgHERB_CAEN3George Plimpton, founder of the Paris Review and Sidd Finch2015-04-02T00:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/30/spottswood-poles-1887-1962/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/800px-1912_lincoln_giants.jpg800px-1912_Lincoln_GiantsSpottswood Poles, upper right, with the New York Lincoln Giants: May 19122015-03-31T03:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/27/hemingway-and-roosevelt-cub-reporters/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3a29612r.jpg3a29612rGrover Cleveland Alexander was the ninth inductee and fourth pitcher inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame2015-03-28T01:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/26/frum-on-the-limits-of-exceptionalism/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/big_four.jpgBig_fourThe Big Four at the Paris peace conference, May 27, 1919 2015-03-27T00:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/22/a-quick-take-at-the-the-grant-greeley-campaign/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/index-php2.jpegindex.phpIn the May 11, 1872 issue of Harper's Weekly Thomas Nast railed against Carl Schurz and other Republicans who were abandoning Ulysses S. Grant in the upcoming election. Like Greeley, Nat was a member of the Union League Club of New York.2015-03-22T20:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/18/remembering-joseph-roswell-hawley/2015-03-19T02:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/12/the-lost-sketchbooks-of-edward-shenton/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10002r.jpg10002rCamp Meade, Maryland, where 21-year old Edward Shenton and the men in his company arrived on 4 July 19172015-03-13T14:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/08/the-fourth-roosevelt-assistant-navy-secretary/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-06-at-8-27-19-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2015-03-06 at 8.27.19 PMHenry L. Roosevelt was assistant navy secretary from March 1933 until his death in February 1936. After his death his aid John W. Thomason arranged his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.2015-03-09T01:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/03/whats-in-a-name/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_2014.jpgIMG_20142015-03-04T00:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/03/01/sunday-morning-coffee-32/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/roosevelt-woodruff-poster-1898.jpgRoosevelt-Woodruff poster (1898)2015-03-01T16:01:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/02/28/a-dollar-for-the-rma/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1958.jpgIMG_19582015-03-01T00:51:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/02/26/the-diary-of-an-unknown-poilu/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1391111287358.jpeg13911112873582015-02-26T14:53:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/02/23/clark-terry-1920-2015/2015-02-24T00:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/02/22/sunday-morning-coffee-31/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/index-php.jpegindex.phpGeneral Wood in his dress white, Cuba 1905. Wood was a longtime friend of the Roosevelt family.2015-02-26T23:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/02/16/happy-presidents-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2a13860r.jpg2a13860r2015-02-14T03:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/02/13/the-war-departments-gettysburg/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/enhs1021tcampcoltofficers.jpgENHS1021TCampColtOfficersthe young Eisenhower with other military personnel at Gettysburg Camp Colt, 19182015-02-14T02:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/02/12/thirty-five-februaries-ago/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/henry-zbyszynski.jpgHenry ZbyszynskiThe USA-USSR medal game: 22 February 19802015-02-13T12:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/02/08/remembering-the-great-war-down-under/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1922.jpgIMG_1922https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1912.jpgIMG_1912https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1888.jpgIMG_1888bookmarkhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1918.jpgIMG_1918https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1905.jpgIMG_1905https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1908.jpgIMG_1908https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/shrine_of_remembrance_1930.jpgShrine_of_Remembrance_1930https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1915.jpgIMG_19152015-02-09T15:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/01/29/a-brief-remembrance-of-john-w-thomason/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1879.jpgIMG_1879https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1877.jpgIMG_1877https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1878.jpgIMG_1878https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1876.jpgIMG_18762015-01-30T15:29:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/01/23/the-burning-of-the-world-a-strawfoot-interview/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bzm-1964.jpgBZM 1964Béla Zombory-Moldován in 1964, on a visit to Chester, England.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/warplane-exhibition-1917.jpgWarplane Exhibition 1917Béla Zombory-Moldován, poster for an exhibition of military aircraft in Budapest, 1917, lithograph. Planes scattering handbills of the same design over the city as a publicity stunt caused a sensation, and the exhibit—which included captured French, British, Russian and Italian machines—attracted over 200,000 visitors.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bzm-self-portrait-1915-4.jpgBZM self-portrait 1915 (4)Béla Zombory-Moldován, self-portrait, 1915, graphite pencil. The collar insignia denotes the rank of second lieutenant of the Austro-Hungarian infantry.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/russian-pow-work-3.jpgRussian POW work (3)Cigarette-case in beechwood by an unknown Russian POW, 1915. The words in Cyrillic mean “In memory of the soldiers”. The cross stands for faith, the anchor for hope, and the encircling heart for love, the greatest of the Christian virtues. Instead of the Russian cross with its three crossbars, the carver has used a two-barred form known as the Patriarchal cross, which may indicate that he was from Belarus. The cross on the Hungarian coat of arms has two bars of nearly equal length.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kissitke-well-1915-2.jpgKissitke well 1915 (2)The well at Kissitke POW camp, Hungary, in 1915. The inscription on the left reads: “This well was built in the Great War by the 18th guard battalion with the help of Russian prisoners.” Béla Zombory-Moldován, camp commandant and well-creator, wears the “wretched” regulation officer’s sword that had been the bane of his life at the front.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/novi-1914-2.jpgnovi 1914 (2)Béla Zombory-Moldován (front) and friends at Novi Vinodolski, Croatia, 25 July 1914. Three days later, Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. Seated behind Béla and wearing a naval cap is Ervin Voit, cousin of the composer Béla Bartók.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/productimage-picture-the-burning-of-the-world-426.jpgburning of the world cover.indd2015-01-23T21:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/01/21/rod-serling-a-daughters-appreciation/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rod_serling_twilight_zone_premiere_1959.jpgRod_Serling_Twilight_Zone_premiere_19592015-01-22T01:57:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/24/a-vanderbilt-and-a-roosevelt-in-love-and-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/qf-cvr-200x300.jpgQF-Cvr-200x300https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/476px-lt-_quentin_roosevelt_95th_aero_squadron.jpg476px-Lt._Quentin_Roosevelt,_95th_Aero_SquadronLieutenant Quentin Roosevelthttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/800px-the_breakers_2010-07.jpg800px-The_Breakers_2010-071910 image of The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island2015-01-19T22:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/01/18/rainy-sunday-coffee/2015-01-18T18:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/01/11/governors-island-in-january/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1858.jpgIMG_1858Fort Jay moat looking southhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1857.jpgIMG_1857Fort Jay moat looking north. One doesn't get such a dramatic view of the Manhattan skyline from this vantage point when the leaves are on the trees.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1856.jpgIMG_1856Parade Groundhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1855.jpgIMG_1855Nolan PArkhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1854.jpgIMG_1854Fort Jay, flying the 48 star flag2015-01-13T02:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/01/08/it-was-ever-thus/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/index-php.jpegindex.php2015-01-09T01:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/01/06/schuyler-olmsted-and-roosevelt/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/scaa-living-room.jpgSCAA living room19 West 31st Street: the home of Louisa Lee Schuyler's parents. This is where Ms. Schuyler founded the S.C.A.A. in 1872. Olmsted and Roosevelt Sr., were both executive members.2015-01-07T01:44:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2015/01/04/the-roosevelts-union-square/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_18401.jpgIMG_1840A detail on 841 Broadway:. Look closely above the arch. On the left is an R and on the right a B, which stand for Roosevelt Building.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1840.jpgIMG_1840A detail on 841 Broadway:. Look closely above the arch. On the left is an R and on the right a B, which stand for Roosevelt Building.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1844.jpgIMG_1844Here is the view looking north from 13th Street and Broadway. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1837.jpgIMG_1837Looking south from Union Square, 14th Street and Broadway. Cornelius and Margaret Roosevelt's house stood where the white building is today.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_18491.jpgIMG_1849My water-logged articlehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1849.jpgIMG_1849My water-logged articlehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/thrb_00751_001.jpgTHRB_00751_001Lincoln's funeral procession passing Cornelius Roosevelt's house, 25 April 18652015-01-05T12:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/28/sunday-evening-coffee-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1821.jpgIMG_1821You know New Years is close when The Lives They Lived hits the stands.2014-12-29T02:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/25/the-uss-jasons-christmas-voyage/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/17745r.jpg17745rWorkers and volunteers pack the last of toys donated to the children of Europe rendered homeless in the early months of the Great War, 14 November 19142014-12-25T17:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/25/merry-christmas-3/2014-12-25T03:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/23/the-grey-ladys-technicolor-christmas/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/0_0_6569_75881.jpg0_0_6569_7588The Times understood the significance of the Monvel prints and advertised them heavily in the weeks prior to their release.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/437px-joan_of_arc_wwi_lithograph2.jpg437px-Joan_of_Arc_WWI_lithograph2https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/de-monvel-the-turmoil-of-conflict.jpgDe-Monvel-The-Turmoil-of-ConflictWar as it is. This is one of the panels Monvel painted for Clark just a few years prior to the Great War. It is easy to see why readers in December 1914 would have been intrigued by the series.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jeannedarc00boutuoft_0005.jpgjeannedarc00boutuoft_0005Monvel published the children book in 1895. The 15th century French soldiers depicted here look suspiciously like the zouave units of Monvel's time. French soldiers first started wearing these in the mid nineteenth century and continued through the first months of the Great War.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/0_0_6569_7588.jpg0_0_6569_7588The Times understood the significance of the Monvel prints and advertised them heavily in the weeks prior to their release.2014-12-24T01:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/21/roosevelts-two-cents/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/unnamed.jpgunnamed2014-12-22T12:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/20/twas-the-night-before/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/25908r.jpg25908rPuck, 30 November 19042014-12-20T13:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/18/the-great-war-week-by-week/2014-12-19T01:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/14/sunday-morning-coffee-30/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3g11229r.jpg3g11229r2014-12-14T17:11:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/10/grover-cleveland-meets-fdr/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/36710r.jpg36710rCleveland (left), Roosevelt (center), and D.R. Francis2014-12-11T03:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/07/pearl-harbor-whos-she-3/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-07-at-10-54-20-am-copy.jpgScreen Shot 2014-12-07 at 10.54.20 AM copyVeterans Day, 2014: Bombardier Herman "Whitey" Lykins approaching 1002014-12-07T16:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/04/decision-56/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1752.jpgIMG_1752https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1754.jpgIMG_1754https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1750.jpgIMG_1750https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1748.jpgIMG_17482014-12-05T02:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/12/02/rediscovering-geoffrey-ward/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1055.jpgIMG_1055Springwood: the birthplace and home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York2014-12-03T01:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/30/digitizing-the-harlem-hellfighters/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/index-php4.jpegindex.php2014-12-01T01:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/29/the-colonels-file-cabinet/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1731.jpgIMG_1731https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_11911.jpgIMG_1191an advert that appeared in an early edition of the Roosevelt House Bulletinhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1191.jpgIMG_1191an advertisement that appeared in an early edition of the Roosevelt House Bulletinhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1720.jpgIMG_1720https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1719.jpgIMG_17192014-11-29T02:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/27/happy-thanksgiving-4/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/index-php.jpegindex.phpThanksgiving 1944: Eleanor Roosevelt (unseen) was on hand to meet wounded soldiers at Washington D.C.'s Lucy D. Slowe Hall, 26 November2014-11-27T03:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/25/remembering-charles-one-year-on/2014-11-25T12:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/23/november-1963/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0387.jpgIMG_0387Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote this letter just after the 100th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address and Kennedy assassinationhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/5a27915r.jpg5a27915rGettysburg battlefield for the back porch of Eisenhower's farm, early 1960s2014-11-25T00:35:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/20/warren-shaw-fisher/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/320px-james_walker_nywts.jpg320px-James_Walker_NYWTSThe dapper James J. Walker defeated Warren S. Fisher and other candidates in the 1925 NYC mayoral election. Walker's fashion sense was part of the iconography of Jazz Age New York.2014-11-21T12:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/17/armistice-day-1938/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/index-php.jpgindex.phpClergymen of different denominations shared the stage with military and political dignitarieshttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/index-php-2.jpegindex.php 2A parade was part of the dedication of the New York Fair's Court of Peace, 11 November 19382014-11-18T04:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/16/the-united-american-war-veterans/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1227.jpgIMG_1227https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1225.jpgIMG_12252014-11-17T02:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/14/the-great-was-as-impediment-to-human-process/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/18pounderinmudlangemarckthirdypres16oct1917.jpg18PounderInMudLangemarckThirdYpres16Oct1917British Tommies toil in the mud at Third Ypres, October 19172014-11-14T16:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/11/the-armistices-fifth-anniversary/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/defendants.jpgDefendantsDefendants in Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch at their trial in Munch, April 1924. The putsch took place a few days before the fifth anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/3c11902v.jpg3c11902vTed Roosevelt (second from right) with President Coolidge (second from left) and Secretary of War John Weeks, 11 November 19232014-11-12T01:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/09/ernst-bacharachs-great-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1687.jpgIMG_1687As one might imagine public interest in Bacharach's story was keen. There is nothing like making a tangible connection to history.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1684.jpgIMG_1684Ernst Bacharach's granddaughter shows the medals he earned during the Great War. Bacharach came to the United States at the start of the Second World War.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1682.jpgIMG_1682The Great War medals of Carl Rosenwald (left, in display case) and Ernst Backarach (right, on top of case) 2014-11-21T14:51:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/07/remembrance-day-2014/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/36753r.jpg36753rGeneral Pershing receives the first American Legion poppy: March 1932, Washington D.C.2014-11-08T02:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/11/02/sunday-evening-coffee/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1662.jpgIMG_1662https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1661.jpgIMG_1661https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1656.jpgIMG_1656https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_16501.jpgIMG_1650https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1650.jpgIMG_1650https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1655.jpgIMG_1655https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1649.jpgIMG_16492014-11-03T12:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/31/happy-halloween-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1529.jpgIMG_1529Green-Wood Cemetery mausoleum, October 2014 2014-10-31T12:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/30/charles-p-sumerall-at-the-roosevelt-birthplace/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1363.jpgIMG_1363https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1366.jpgIMG_13662014-11-01T14:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/26/hunter-liggett-and-leonard-woods-gettysburg-reunion/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/13860r.jpg13860rThe Gettysburg reunion was a year almost to the day prior to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/13852r.jpg13852rHunter Liggett, Secretary Garrison, and Leonard Wood at the Gettysburg reunion, 1913. Note the white uniforms worn in the late June-early July summer heat.2014-10-27T03:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/24/cuvee-quentin-roosevelt-brut/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1628.jpgIMG_16282014-10-27T00:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/23/hoovers-legacy/2014-10-24T02:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/22/the-crb-begins-its-work/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3c12615r.jpg3c12615rA Belgian relief soup kitchenhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3g11245r1.jpgBelgians canal posterHoover was adept at public diplomacy and used advertising to make sure the Belgian famine stayed in the public consciousness.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/17370r1.jpgBelgian refugeesBelgian refugees flooded into France in 1914.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3g11245r.jpg3g11245rHoover was especially good at public diplomacy. He made certain the world knew the plight of the Belgians.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/17370r.jpg17370rBelgian refugees flooded into France in the early months of the war.2014-10-23T00:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/21/they-are-starving-in-belgium/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3f04027r.jpg3f04027r2014-10-22T13:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/19/the-great-fair-turns-75/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1154.jpgIMG_1154https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1150.jpgIMG_1150https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/index-php7.jpegindex.phphttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/index-php6.jpegindex.phphttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/index-php5.jpegindex.php2014-10-20T02:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/17/bon-weekend-8/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1581.jpgIMG_15812014-10-18T00:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/15/hubert-rochereaus-great-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/6a22784r1.jpg6a22784rLieutenant Hubert Rochereau died in Flanders fields a year before this postwar image was taken.2014-10-16T13:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/13/joffre-does-america/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/index-php2.jpegindex.php7 May 1917: Three days earlier Joffre had been in Illinois paying his respects to the 16th presidenthttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/34197r.jpg34197r10 May 1917: Tens of thousands of New Yorkers, including Leonard Wood, turned out to see Marshal Joffre place a wreath on Ulysses S. Grant's sarcophagus2014-10-15T01:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/13/we-interrupt-this-weekend/2014-10-13T04:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/07/selling-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/27532r.jpg27532rThis photograph of Brigadier General B.H. Wells, Major General Fox Conner (center) and Major General Dennis E. Nolan (right) was taken on March 8, 1926. Connor was Deputy Chief of Staff at the time. Note that the three are wearing business suits. That decade after the war military men wore civilian attire, not uniforms, to work due to isolationist sentiment.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1144.jpgIMG_1144New Yorkers turned out to see Marshal Joseph Joffre when he, René Viviani, and other French officials visited the United States in spring 1917https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bookreaderimages-php.jpegBookReaderImages.php2014-10-12T03:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/11/the-protean-roosevelt/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/index-php1.jpegindex.php2014-10-12T01:22:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/10/from-chickamauga-to-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/index-php.jpegindex.phpThe Rough Riders: General Joseph Wheeler (front), Leonard Wood (second from right), and Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt (far right). Three years after this photo was taken the former Confederate general would help dedicate the Governors Island Y.M.C.A.2014-10-11T21:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/10/05/sunday-morning-coffee-29/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1496.jpgIMG_1496https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1495.jpgIMG_1495https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1492.jpgIMG_1492https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1499.jpgIMG_1499https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1491.jpgIMG_1491https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1489.jpgIMG_1489https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1504.jpgIMG_15042014-10-06T01:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/30/6575/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0946.jpgIMG_0946Governors Island's Nolan Park2014-10-01T11:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/29/the-meuse-argonne-campaign-begins/2014-09-29T10:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/18/the-grants-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10388r.jpg10388rhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0957.jpgIMG_0957the Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurionhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1421.jpgIMG_1421Pershing Hall, front viewhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1415.jpgIMG_1415Pershing Hall, rearhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/640px-ulysses_s-_grant_iii.jpg640px-Ulysses_S._Grant_IIIUlysses S. Grand III as a young officerhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/09434r1.jpg09434rhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/09434r.jpg09434rhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1414.jpgIMG_1414https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1413.jpgIMG_1413https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1410.jpgIMG_14102014-09-19T01:45:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/14/saint-elizabeth-ann-seton-contd/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1464.jpgIMG_14642014-09-18T13:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/14/sunday-morning-coffee-28/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1059.jpgIMG_1059The resting places of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Hyde Parkhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1460.jpgIMG_1460The Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, 28 East 20th Street2014-09-14T20:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/12/bon-weekend-7/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/3f04112r.jpg3f04112r2014-09-13T00:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/07/sunday-morning-coffee-27/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1453.jpgIMG_1453https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1452.jpgIMG_1452https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1449.jpgIMG_1449https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1448.jpgIMG_14482014-09-07T15:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/03/the-amazing-birds-of-theodore-roosevelt/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/487px-smithsonian_institution_archives_-_mnh-28191.jpg487px-Smithsonian_Institution_Archives_-_MNH-28191https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cover-2.jpgCover 22014-09-04T20:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/02/the-keeper-of-the-flame-is-coming-to-the-roosevelt-birthplace/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1623752_796568773696932_4253042670662453745_n.jpg1623752_796568773696932_4253042670662453745_n2014-09-03T01:38:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/09/01/another-side-of-theodore-roosevelt/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/index-php.jpegindex.php2014-09-02T23:18:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/31/sunday-morning-coffee-26/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1390.jpgIMG_1390https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1389.jpgIMG_1389https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1386.jpgIMG_1386https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1396.jpgIMG_1396https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1431.jpgIMG_1431https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1387.jpgIMG_1387https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1398.jpgIMG_13982014-08-31T20:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/29/whither-the-house-museum/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1337.jpgIMG_1337Concord's Old Manse2014-08-30T02:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/31/the-restoration-of-richard-theodore-greener-a-further-update/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ar-140729811-jpgmaxw368q100cb20140731000233cci_ts20140730130001.jpegAR-140729811.jpg&maxw=368&q=100&cb=20140731000233&cci_ts=201407301300012014-08-27T11:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/15/the-panama-canal-turns-100/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/index-php.jpegindex.php2014-08-27T11:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/24/sunday-eve/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1385.jpgIMG_1385The Colonial Era Grand Union flying over Fort Jay today. Look closely at the canton and you will see the Union Jack.2014-08-27T11:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/26/re-reading-mccullough/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/449px-mccullough_i.jpg449px-McCullough_Iauthor David McCullough2014-08-27T13:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/24/sunday-morning-coffee-25/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1380.jpgIMG_13802014-08-24T20:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/22/the-worlds-crookedest-golf-course/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/index-php1.jpegindex.phpUniformed service persons stationed on Governors Island were proud of their gold course. As this 1930s post card shows, they even put it on stationary.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gene-sarazen.jpegGene SarazenGene Sarazen as he was in the late 1920 around the time he came to Governors Island for an Army Relief Society fundraiser. With the Great War over for almost a decade, the Roaring Twenties were on.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1206.jpgIMG_1206Another bunker: that is Fort Jay directly behind and the new World Trade Center off in the distancehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/unnamed.jpgunnamedTee boxes: again note the closeness to residential housinghttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0861.jpgIMG_0861Bullard was injured when he attempted to bounce a shot off the walls of Fort Jay. Speaking of Bullard, note that his full name was Robert Lee Bullard. He was an Alabamian born in January 1861.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1210.jpgIMG_1210A postage stamp green: with land at such a premium on the island such small greens were the normhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1213.jpgIMG_1213Bunkers of another kind: remnants of the old Governors Island gold course2014-08-30T12:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/17/sunday-morning-coffee-24/2014-08-23T02:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/12/cal-breaks-his-silence/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rushmore2.jpgRushmore2The Mount Rushmore groundbreaking was this week in 1927. Construction was completed in October 1941.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/800px-rushmore.jpg800px-Rushmore2014-08-12T19:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2013/11/25/theodores-spectacles/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tr-spectacles.jpgE. B. Meyrowitz & Dell OpticiansE. B. Meyrowitz & Dell Opticians, since 18752014-08-12T18:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/10/sunday-morning-coffee-23/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1215.jpgIMG_1215the living history encampment of the First Minnesota on Governors Island, Saturday 9 August 20142014-08-11T00:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/09/remembering-nixons-resignation/2014-08-10T00:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/07/defense-day-1925/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1199.jpgIMG_11992014-08-08T00:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/07/thinking-about-the-wars-legacies/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/europe1918-copy.jpgEurope1918 copyEurope as it was after being redrawn in 19192014-08-07T16:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/04/archiving-the-great-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/00046r1.jpg00046rhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/00046r.jpg00046r2014-08-06T00:34:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/02/the-guns-of-august/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fdr-brooklyn-navy-yard-close-up.pngFDR-Brooklyn-Navy-Yard-Close-up2014-08-02T12:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/08/01/the-monument-to-washingtons-great-war-veterans/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0280.jpgIMG_0280detailhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0284.jpgIMG_0284The District of Columbia War Memorial 2014-08-02T01:51:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/27/hermann-hagedorn-1882-1964/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/13834.jpg138342014-07-28T15:11:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/26/textiles-and-the-civil-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1123.jpgIMG_1123similar Zouave uniform on display at the New-York Historical Societyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tr-chair.jpgTR-chairTheodore Roosevelt, circa 18632014-07-28T05:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/22/franklin-updikes-great-war/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/updike-color-presentation-copy.jpgUpdike color presentation copyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1110.jpgIMG_1110https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/updike-st-anns-announcement-copy.jpgUpdike St Ann's announcement copyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/updike-grave-marker-copy.jpgUpdike grave marker copyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/updike-death-copy.jpgUpdike death copyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1108.jpgIMG_11082014-07-23T01:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/20/framing-new-york/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1104.jpgIMG_1104Two visitors take in the viewhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1101.jpgIMG_1101Artist D. Chase Angier in front of her creation. The orange boat is the Staten Island Ferry sailing by.https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1102.jpgIMG_1102Framing New York2014-07-24T22:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/18/one-july-day/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1097.jpgIMG_10972014-07-19T02:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/17/what-can-one-say-in-200-minutes/2014-07-18T02:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/13/anna-bulloch-gracie/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1074.jpgIMG_1074a close-up of Anna and Jameshttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1073.jpgIMG_1073These now faded markers are the headstones of Anna Bulloch, James Gracie, and Martha (Grandmamma) Bulloch. Martha died in 1864 when the Civil War was still going on.2014-07-13T13:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/09/a-hard-days-night-turns-50/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1045.jpgIMG_10452014-07-10T01:48:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/08/pic-of-the-day-9/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1044.jpgRough road ahead2014-07-10T00:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/06/sunday-morning-coffee-22/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1030.jpgIMG_1030https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1031.jpgIMG_1031https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1029.jpgIMG_1029https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1035.jpgIMG_10352014-07-06T15:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/06/26/congressman-coxs-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cox-2.jpgCox 2Samuel S. Coxhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gi-copy.jpgGI copyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0946.jpgIMG_0946Congressman Cox didn't live to see it, but Governors Island eventually reverted to local control.2014-07-03T03:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/07/01/the-governors-island-ymca/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/096-146-000-webimage.jpeg096.146.000.webimageSergeant Irving Berlin's paean to the YMCAs of the Great Warhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_0999.jpgIMG_0999Detail above the doorwayhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/axton-u-s-army.jpgAxton, U.S. ArmyColonel John Thomas Axton was the Army's first Chief of Chaplains. 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JacksonKenneth T. Jackson2014-06-13T03:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/06/11/imperiled-promise/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/fdr_museum_and_library.jpgFDR_Museum_and_Library2014-06-11T17:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/06/08/charles-c-mills/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mills-charles-c.jpgMills, Charles Chttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0869.jpgIMG_08692014-06-09T01:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/06/05/gearing-up-for-the-ww1-centennial/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/0114commissionlogo.jpg0114commissionlogo2014-06-06T14:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/06/06/d-day-plus-seventy-years/2014-06-06T13:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/06/03/quote-of-the-day-16/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lossy-page1-800px-civil_rights_march_on_washington_d-c-_former_national_basketball_association_player_bill_russell-_-_nara_-_542073.jpgLandscapeBill Russell at the March on Washington, 19632014-06-04T01:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/06/01/june-comes-to-governors-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0855.jpgIMG_0855https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0861.jpgIMG_0861Fort Jay's dry 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312014-05-24T18:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/05/22/the-unknown-biography-of-a-well-known-photograph-a-mystery-solved/2014-05-22T16:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/05/18/sunday-morning-coffee-20/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0778.jpgIMG_0778East 20th Street, 17 May 20142014-05-18T14:00:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/05/14/6123/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ussc.jpgUSSC2014-05-15T01:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/05/11/showtime-plus-thirty-years/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/eddy-lambert.jpgEddy LambertThe Losa Angeles Forum, where Showtime happened2014-05-11T16:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/05/08/washington-then-and-now/2014-05-09T00:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/05/04/the-other-roosevelt-island/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0662.jpgIMG_0662"Manhood"https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/this_223_001.jpgthis_223_001LBJ and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, October 1967https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/km-looking-at-tr.jpgKM looking at TRhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0664.jpgIMG_0664https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0666.jpgIMG_0666The Potomac Riverhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/roosevelt-island-sign.jpgRoosevelt Island sign2014-05-05T00:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/04/29/when-audrey-met-alice-an-author-interview-part-2/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/352px-alicerooseveltwpekingesedog1902.jpg352px-AliceRooseveltwPekingeseDog1902Alice Roosevelt as she was in 19022014-04-30T02:48:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/04/28/when-audrey-met-alice-an-author-interview/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/author-photo1.jpgauthor photoauthor Rebecca Behrenshttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/author-photo.jpgauthor photohttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/when-audrey-met-alice-final-cover.jpgWhen Audrey Met Alice final cover2014-04-29T23:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/04/27/spring-comes-to-green-wood-cemetery/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0724.jpgIMG_07242014-04-27T20:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/04/24/summers-almost-here/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/imag0057.jpgIMAG0057Governors Island, summer 20132014-04-25T02:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/04/21/not-free-but-a-good-home/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0639.jpgIMG_0639The 26,000 square foot mansion as seen from DuPont Circle itselfhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0635-1.jpgIMG_0635 (1)A detail of the stately structurehttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0634.jpgIMG_0634I guess it should not be surprising, but I did not know that Sotheby's sold real estate.2014-04-22T02:34:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/04/18/the-unknown-biography-of-a-well-known-photograph/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0707.jpgIMG_07072014-04-19T01:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/04/15/the-papers-of-chester-a-arthur/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0494.jpgIMG_0494A portion of what remained of Chester Arthur's papers were stored in his Manhattan home at 123 Lexington Avenue in the 1880s and 1890s before disappearing. https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0622.jpgIMG_06222014-04-16T00:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/04/14/uncle-bob/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/484px-robert_roosevelt_-_brady-handy.jpg484px-Robert_Roosevelt_-_Brady-HandyTheodore's uncle and neighbor, Robert B. 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2General Leonard Wood and New York City mayor John Purroy Mitchel inspecting troops in 19152014-03-25T16:12:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/03/20/the-centennial-is-coming/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/archduke_franz_ferdinand_in_sarajevo_june_1914_q91848.jpgArchduke_Franz_Ferdinand_in_Sarajevo,_June_1914_Q91848Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, June 1914https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/centennial-commission.jpgCentennial-Commission2014-03-20T16:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/03/17/from-gettysburg-to-plattsburg/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0522.jpgIMG_0522A Spanish-American War headstone tilts on a hillside in Brooklyn's Green-Wood 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1645–47https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/490px-eisenhower_bradley_and_patton_inspect_looted_art_hd-sn-99-02758.jpg490px-Eisenhower,_Bradley_and_Patton_inspect_looted_art_HD-SN-99-02758https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0447.jpgIMG_0447https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0444.jpgIMG_0444https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0448.jpgIMG_0448https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0453.jpgIMG_04532014-02-15T01:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/02/13/february-13-1905/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1s02209v.jpg1s02209vThe inaugural a few weeks laterhttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1905-dinner.gif1905 dinnerReproductions of the menu and Roosevelt’s semi-extemporaneous remarks on behalf of Lincoln Memorial University2014-02-13T20:36:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/02/12/the-hair-club-for-men-circa-1900/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0381.jpgIMG_03812014-02-13T04:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/02/09/a-green-wood-sunday/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/robinson-john-a.jpgRobinson, John Ahttps://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0322.jpgIMG_0322https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0323.jpgIMG_0323https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/imag0045.jpgIMAG0045https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0333.jpgIMG_0333https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0326.jpgIMG_0326https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0329.jpgIMG_0329https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0327.jpgIMG_0327https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0319.jpgIMG_03192014-02-10T03:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/02/07/walking-in-the-steps-of-black-history/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nicodemus.jpgNicodemusNicodemus, Kansas2014-02-07T18:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/02/03/beecher-standing-sentinel/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0311.jpgIMG_03112014-02-04T02:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/02/02/you-never-know-what-youll-find-at-the-library/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0307.jpgIMG_03072014-02-02T23:35:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/02/02/sunday-morning-coffee-18/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/268245-war_1812_nps.jpg268245 war_1812_nps2014-02-02T16:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/01/29/rod-serlings-carousel/2014-01-30T00:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thestrawfoot.com/2014/01/26/sunday-morning-coffee-17/https://thestrawfoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0284-1.jpgD.C. 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