Michael Beschloss

Thanksgiving menu at Plaza Hotel NYC, 1899:

Beacon Hill Boston this week:

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.'"

New York Times today 1991:

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

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”:

Pat Nixon and Justin Trudeau, 1972:

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."

2024 Election was only three weeks ago today.

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

Boston tonight:

Pearl Harbor attack was eighty-three years ago today:

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.

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.

New York Times last week 1963:

Seven weeks before resigning the Presidency, Richard Nixon and his wife Pat fly to Syria 1974 for a visit with President Hafez al-Assad and his family, including 8-year-old Bashar:

Sixty-one years ago today:

LBJ's notes for his first Cabinet meeting as President, yesterday 1963:

Carter was first US President born in hospital.

USS California on fire after Pearl Harbor attack, today 1941:

"We Carry On"--New York Daily News, today 1963:

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

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