Potomac Fever

Power, politics and passion that rocked Washington

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@washingtonpost 1932: Army major and future president Eisenhower advised against using force on veteran protesters in Bonus March. Gen. MacArthur did it anyway, and Hoover lost the presidency.

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4/ Mark Twain said history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. There’s a difference between honoring history and learning from it. Historical awareness helps us recognize patterns before they repeat. Understanding how extremism spreads, and how it’s defeated, serves every generation.

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1/ While Washington spent this week debating Confederate statues, the city quietly passed the 100th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. It was the largest white supremacist march in U.S. history. #Politics #History #WashingtonDC

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3/ Pentagon officials also announced Arlington Cemetery will restore its Confederate memorial. The monument was removed in 2023 after an independent commission deemed it ‘problematic from top to bottom.´

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@WTOP The amphitheater was named after Carter Barron, the motion picture lobbyist and chair of DC’s Sesquicentennial Commission, who died shortly after the facility opened.

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When D.C. Mayor Walter Washington (left), appointed by Pres. Johnson, sent his first budget to Congress in 1967, the powerful chair of the House Committee on the District of Columbia, John L. McMillan of South Carolina, responded by sending Washington a truckload of watermelons.

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@FoxNews @realDonaldTrump Presidents Coolidge, in 1927, and Truman, in 1949, made renovations to the White House, fueling speculation they planned to run for re-election. Neither of them did. #Trump

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In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge's interest in the renovation of the White House's upper floors and attic sparked public speculation that he would run for president in 1928, a race he ultimately chose not to enter.

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President Truman and the Committee for the Renovation of the White House in 1949.

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@historycalendar Traveller's remains are buried outside the chapel where Lee’s crypt is located in Lexington, Va.

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@historycalendar He was nearly murdered the night Lincoln was assasinated.

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@WHhistoryPres Happy Birthday, Sen. Dole! Fun fact: The middle brake lights on cars are called "Liddy Lights" – named for her because they became required equipment while she was Pres. Reagan's Transportation Secretary. It's a safety innovation still protecting drivers 40+ years later!

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@NationalMallNPS The Bonus March also created a lasting rift between Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur that shaped who became president 20 years later.

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#OTD in 1932, the Bonus March divided two military leaders. Eisenhower urged restraint while MacArthur charged ahead. Their clash shaped presidential history. https://t.co/x2RLx2cJuC

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@NYTObits Then-Sen. Al Gore’s wife Tipper targeted Osbourne and other rock stars during her 1980s crusade against explicit lyrics, which led to “Parental Advisory” labels on their music.

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@historycalendar He built Arlington House as a shrine to Pres. Washington. Today it’s a memorial to Lee and part of the national cemetery.

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Then-Sen. Al Gore’s wife Tipper and the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) targeted Ozzy Osbourne during her 1980s crusade against explicit rock lyrics. The controversy sparked Senate hearings and led to “Parental Advisory” labels. #OzzyOsbourne

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CNN founder and media mogul Ted Turner told Congress he spent $15 million on his failed hostile bid for CBS in 1985. Turner testified at hearings examining risky “junk bond” financing in corporate takeovers. #cbs