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The Economist @economist.com · 29/06/2026

America cannot serve as an example if its founding principles are discarded, writes Michael Beschloss

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What remains of the city upon the hill?

America cannot serve as an example if its founding principles are discarded, writes Michael Beschloss

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Watch Michael Beschloss deliver 2026 Commencement Address at University of Pennsylvania : m.youtube.com/watch?v=ISH1...

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Michael Beschloss 2026 Commencement Address

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

In honor of Monday's Presidents Day and its fabled mattress sales, here is a photograph of President Truman’s White House mattress in 1952:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Born 130 years ago today, Babe Ruth at first game in New York City’s new Yankee Stadium, 1923:

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

VP Harris and Speaker Johnson chat as the January 6 certification is about to get underway.

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Carter was first US President born in hospital.

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Joined @NBCNews special report on passing of President Carter: youtube.com/watch?v=RpSWVHHgQaw @

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

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.'"

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Nixon suddenly flies to Los Angeles by commercial airliner, a first for an incumbent President. reported fifty-one years ago yesterday by New York Times:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Christmas 1954 menu at Alcatraz Prison included playing of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

General George Washington and his Army arrived Valley Forge this week 1777:

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Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

We should all follow you ! Happy holidays

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Harry Truman flips coin at Army-Navy Game 1950:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

George Washington died 225 years ago tonight at Mount Vernon. Anxious about being buried alive, he told his aide, “Do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead. Do you understand?”

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

As first U.S. President to visit Damascus, Nixon with Hafez al-Assad, 1974:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

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:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Nancy Reagan and Mr. T at White House, Christmas 1983:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

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

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

As you settle into Blue Sky, don't forget to follow the fabulous @sbg1.bsky.social and equally awesome @tab-delete.bsky.social. (Yes, biased on these two and happily so.)

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Trump meeting now with Macron and Zelensky in Paris.

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Pearl Harbor attack was eighty-three years ago today:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

White House Monroe Room (as it was under Mamie Eisenhower) was changed by Jackie Kennedy into a Treaty Room. Which First Lady's work do you prefer?

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Which do you prefer? White House Red Room under Mamie Eisenhower (left) or as changed by Jackie Kennedy (right)? And why?

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Prefer White House Green Room during time of Mamie Eisenhower or that of Jackie Kennedy?

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

White House private library under Eisenhowers (left) and then as changed by Jackie Kennedy (right)--any preference?

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

February 1989–WASHINGTON -- “Former Sen. John Tower, seeking to remove obstacles to his confirmation as defense secretary, swore Sunday he was never an alcoholic and pledged not to consume any alcoholic beverages while in office.”

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

In final inaugural (1945)--near end of World War II--FDR quoted this: "Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights. Then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward...Remember...that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend."

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

After JFK assassination, new President Johnson talks to reporters, Oval Office, this week 1963:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

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

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

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

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

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”:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

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

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