tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32201214.post2865935739944722598..comments2023-08-03T07:25:18.861-05:00Comments on Stremmed Out: Hooverville: West Branch, IAstremhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607081379914875059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32201214.post-84312407326306478292007-06-04T17:09:00.000-05:002007-06-04T17:09:00.000-05:00I will have to plan a trip out there somtime:) I r...I will have to plan a trip out there somtime:) I really do.Marcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185726869647540078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32201214.post-53435698478206182672007-06-04T11:48:00.000-05:002007-06-04T11:48:00.000-05:00Lydia: Was the traveling exhibit the one with Mar...Lydia: Was the traveling exhibit the one with Mary Todd Lincoln's dresses? If so, I think it was so interesting to see what she wore.<BR/><BR/>If it wasn't, you'll have to tell me what they have displayed now.<BR/><BR/>Marcy, if you come this way, I am sure we could find some tour guides for you!!!stremhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607081379914875059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32201214.post-67766148845533662172007-06-02T12:36:00.000-05:002007-06-02T12:36:00.000-05:00Great pictures. It would be great to make a trip a...Great pictures. It would be great to make a trip and see them.Marcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185726869647540078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32201214.post-55231670972161901312007-06-01T18:28:00.000-05:002007-06-01T18:28:00.000-05:00I would also HIGHLY recommend the Lincoln library....I would also HIGHLY recommend the Lincoln library. I just visited it this week with my grandparents, and I LOVED it. There was also a traveling exhibit on Mary Todd Lincoln that was rather interesting.lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886538347093284423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32201214.post-76396516632914571382007-06-01T17:07:00.000-05:002007-06-01T17:07:00.000-05:00I can't believe I forgot about the Truman Library!...I can't believe I forgot about the Truman Library! (Correction: I guess I've been to 3.) I really cannot remember much about it, but when I visited it, I was with people who didn't care anything about it and rushed right through it. I do remember spending more time in the house where he was born... and at the nearby LDS temple too! WOW! It just vanished from my memory earlier today... so I know I need to go back again. I don't know it for a fact, but I assume the 3 I've visited are the 3 closest to central Illinois. I'll have to look up the locations of the others.<BR/><BR/>For anyone who hasn't been to the newly-opened Lincoln library, I highly recommend it!stremhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607081379914875059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32201214.post-46236494469678603412007-06-01T15:50:00.000-05:002007-06-01T15:50:00.000-05:00I have never seen a Presidential library, though i...I have never seen a Presidential library, though in the course of being an American History professor, I'm sure I will get the chance.<BR/><BR/>Chris is right on his library history though. FDR didn't want one, it was the work of his wife who wanted to find a way to memorialize his efforts, without dealing with his mistress. Truman put a GREAT deal of effort into his library and for the rest of his life could be seen almost every day there until his heath got so poor in the few months before his death.<BR/><BR/>Truman is my favorite 20th century president, and I would love to see his. Other than that I would enjoy to see Lincoln's, and some of Madison's papers.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139891987615911595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32201214.post-46663183253481741652007-06-01T14:36:00.000-05:002007-06-01T14:36:00.000-05:00How cool - I had no idea where Hoover's library wa...How cool - I had no idea where Hoover's library was, or if he even had one. If I remember correctly, FDR was the first president to have a library built, though it wasn't his effort. Truman was the first to design and plan for his own library.<BR/><BR/>I suppose Hoover's then came after Roosevelt's. Lincoln's is pretty recent I think, but I'd love to see it anyway.<BR/><BR/>Thus far, I've been to the Lyndon Johnson library at the University of Texas in Austin, TX; and Jimmy Carter's library in Atlanta, GA. Of the two, I was more impressed with Johnson's than Carter's. <BR/><BR/>I am very hopeful to travel to Independence before long to see the Truman library, as he is about my favorite president.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see them all before I leave this earth - but we'll just have to see if opportunity permits.Chris Crousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467309902086266576noreply@blogger.com