The Dunkers’ View on Voting
If you have not already heard, tomorrow is Election Day. So, it seems like a good time to share this article we found at HSMC last week.
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President Hughes?
Last week I was scrolling through old Times-Herald’s for a research request, and I discovered this interesting headline. Hmm, I don’t remember a President Hughes. In 1916, incumbent Woodrow Wilson was running against Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Since the Civil War, Republicans had dominated the White House, Grover Cleveland’s two terms being the… Read More »President Hughes?
The Women’s Vote
Since the last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania is Tuesday October 9, I wanted to share two objects connected to the history of women voters in Montgomery County. When the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote on August 18, 1920, politicians realized the need to alter their campaign strategies. Advocate groups, such… Read More »The Women’s Vote
Nixon and the 1960 President Election
Last month, we received a donation of two objects from the 1960 Presidential Election. The first is a campaign ribbon with Richard Nixon’s likeness. The second object is sheet music for the Nixon campaign song, Click with Dick. Since the 2016 election is in full swing we thought it was an apt topic to share.… Read More »Nixon and the 1960 President Election
And drink to Old Tippecanoe…
Below is an interesting recollection by John C. Boorse of a rally for presidential candidate William Henry Harrison in 1840. The meeting took place at the White Horse Hotel in Mainland (Harleysville). The recollection is undated, but says that it was dictated by John C. Boorse to H. Rittenhouse Boorse. You can click on the… Read More »And drink to Old Tippecanoe…