1May 31, 2018
Lyndon B. Johnson by Robert Dallek A Book Report by Bobby Everett Smith May 31, 2018 Spoiler Alert Setting White House, Washington, D.C. and around the world, 1908 to 1973 Characters Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of U.S., and Vice President under Jack Kennedy succeeded JFK when he was assassinated. Majority leader of the Senate from […]
2May 25, 2018
LBJ Military Service On June 21, 1940, Lyndon Johnson was appointed Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve (USNR). Reporting for active duty on Dec. 10, 1941, three days after Pearl Harbor, he was ordered to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. In May 1942, he proceeded to New Zealand and […]
3May 21, 2018
John F. Kennedy Assassination Our 35th president was shot by a sniper in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He died a few hours later at Parkland Hospital. The new president, Lyndon B. Johnson, formed the Warren Commission to investigate the killing. They concluded that Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone. Oswald […]
4May 20, 2018
Kennedy by Theodore C. Sorensen A Book Report by Bobby Everett Smith May 24, 2018 Spoiler Alert Setting White House, Washington, D.C. and around the world, 1917 to 1963 Characters John F. (Jack) Kennedy, 35th President of U.S., assassinated while in office in Dallas Texas, November 1963 Robert Kennedy, Attorney General, Senator from New York, […]
5May 16, 2018
Mo Highgate Part II A Novel By B. E. Smith Copyright © 2017 B.E. Smith Chapter 11 Mo meets June in Atlanta Meeting of Stan, Mo, and Dick Stan says, “I am going back to Atlanta next week and Mo, I think it would be good if you went with […]
6May 16, 2018
Mo Highgate A Novel By B. E. Smith Copyright © 2017 B.E. Smith All rights reserved. Distributed by Smashwords This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this […]
7May 14, 2018
Presidential Rankings 2017 – C-Span Every president had major and not-so-major achievements. You may have a different ranking. Go to http://newsite.britainstreetblog.com To learn more about presidents and their leadership. Top 5 Abraham Lincoln George Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower Bottom 5 (not counting present president and bottoms up) James Buchanan Andrew […]
8May 13, 2018
List of US Presidents By Bobby Everett Smith May 13, 2018 Number Name First Date as President Ending Date as President 1 George Washington 4-30-1789 3-4-1797 2 John Adams 3-4-1797 3-4-1801 3 Thomas Jefferson 3-4-1801 3-4-1809 4 James Madison 3-4-1809 3-4-1817 5 James Monroe 3-4-1817 3-4-1825 6 John Quincy Adams 3-4-1825 3-4-1829 […]
9May 10, 2018
Eisenhower, In War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith A Book Report by Bobby Everett Smith May 10, 2018 Spoiler Alert Setting White House, Washington, D.C. and around the world, 1915 to 1970 Characters Harry S. Truman elected American vice president under FDR in 1944. 33rd President of the United States, took office as president […]
10May 7, 2018
World War II was nearing an end in Europe but Japan was fighting on. On April 12, 1945, Harry Truman, Vice President of the United States, was working in the Capitol building when he got an urgent call to come to the White House immediately. When he got there just minutes later, Eleanor Roosevelt met […]
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