Michael Beschloss

Thanksgiving menu at Plaza Hotel NYC, 1899:

Boston tonight:

Am up to forty thousand followers since starting my feed nine days ago on Bluesky, which is obviously enjoying a surge. Warmest thanks to all.

What I said about the Carter marriage: "When Jimmy Carter was told that he was very sick...he was told, probably the best thing is for you to go into the hospital...Carter said, 'No, I want to be home, and be in bed with Rosalynn, and just sit holding hands.'"

Am up to 65,000 followers in 2+ weeks, demonstrating surge in Bluesky popularity. Thanks to all.

Bluesky is obviously soaring. As of now I am up to thirty thousand followers. Thanks, everybody.

Thank you to the almost ten thousand of you who have kindly followed my new Bluesky feed since I started it three days ago.
I will do my best to deserve your support.

New York Times today 1991:

Warmest thanks to my now-70,000 Bluesky followers. Bluesky clearly continues to soar.

Thanks to my almost eighty thousand new followers in five weeks, with help from obvious Bluesky surge.

2024 Election was only three weeks ago today.

Pat Nixon and Justin Trudeau, 1972:

New York Times last week 1963:

Rosa Parks, who refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, Montgomery, Alabama, today 1955:

Am up from zero to fifty thousand followers in first ten days of my new feed, attesting to the surging popularity of Bluesky -- thanks, everyone.

Carter was first US President born in hospital.

Thank you to the twenty thousand of you who have now kindly followed my new Bluesky feed since I started it last week.

Betty White and Lorne Greene host Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC, 1965:

Sunset in Washington DC right now:

JFK after inauguration, January 1961:
"Before my term has ended, we shall have to test anew whether a nation organized and governed such as ours can endure.
The outcome is by no means certain. The answers are by no means clear."

Rosalynn Carter comments on draft menu for Carter Thanksgiving at Camp David, 1977: "Jimmy doesn't especially like green peas."

Rosa Parks’ arrest today 1955 was reported by Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser in tiny article at bottom of page nine—“Negro Jailed Here for ‘Overlooking’ Bus Segregation”: