Michael Beschloss
@beschlossdc1776.bsky.social
Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Called "normally sober" by Financial Times. X address is @BeschlossDC. Born in Chicago.
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:
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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:
Born 130 years ago today, Babe Ruth at first game in New York City’s new Yankee Stadium, 1923:
February 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Born 130 years ago today, Babe Ruth at first game in New York City’s new Yankee Stadium, 1923:
Joined @NBCNews special report on passing of President Carter: youtube.com/watch?v=RpSWVHHgQaw @
December 29, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Joined @NBCNews special report on passing of President Carter: youtube.com/watch?v=RpSWVHHgQaw @
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:
December 28, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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:
New York Times today 1991:
December 26, 2024 at 11:43 PM
New York Times today 1991:
Boston tonight:
December 26, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Boston tonight:
Christmas 1954 menu at Alcatraz Prison included playing of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”:
December 25, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Christmas 1954 menu at Alcatraz Prison included playing of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”:
General George Washington and his Army arrived Valley Forge this week 1777:
December 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
General George Washington and his Army arrived Valley Forge this week 1777:
Sunrise in DC this morning:
December 14, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Sunrise in DC this morning:
Harry Truman flips coin at Army-Navy Game 1950:
December 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Harry Truman flips coin at Army-Navy Game 1950:
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?”
December 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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?”
Marketing Seven-Up for infants, 1955:
December 9, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Marketing Seven-Up for infants, 1955:
Pat Nixon and Justin Trudeau, 1972:
December 8, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Pat Nixon and Justin Trudeau, 1972:
As first U.S. President to visit Damascus, Nixon with Hafez al-Assad, 1974:
December 8, 2024 at 11:08 PM
As first U.S. President to visit Damascus, Nixon with Hafez al-Assad, 1974:
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:
December 8, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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:
Nancy Reagan and Mr. T at White House, Christmas 1983:
December 7, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Nancy Reagan and Mr. T at White House, Christmas 1983:
Sunset in Washington DC right now:
December 7, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Sunset in Washington DC right now:
USS California on fire after Pearl Harbor attack, today 1941:
December 7, 2024 at 8:01 PM
USS California on fire after Pearl Harbor attack, today 1941:
Pearl Harbor attack was eighty-three years ago today:
December 7, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Pearl Harbor attack was eighty-three years ago today:
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?
December 6, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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?
Which do you prefer?
White House Red Room under Mamie Eisenhower (left) or as changed by Jackie Kennedy (right)?
And why?
White House Red Room under Mamie Eisenhower (left) or as changed by Jackie Kennedy (right)?
And why?
December 5, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Which do you prefer?
White House Red Room under Mamie Eisenhower (left) or as changed by Jackie Kennedy (right)?
And why?
White House Red Room under Mamie Eisenhower (left) or as changed by Jackie Kennedy (right)?
And why?
Prefer White House Green Room during time of Mamie Eisenhower or that of Jackie Kennedy?
December 5, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Prefer White House Green Room during time of Mamie Eisenhower or that of Jackie Kennedy?
White House private library under Eisenhowers (left) and then as changed by Jackie Kennedy (right)--any preference?
December 5, 2024 at 4:54 PM
White House private library under Eisenhowers (left) and then as changed by Jackie Kennedy (right)--any preference?