“They were twelve men, with Fidel [Castro], going up into the Sierra Maestra mountains-the very high, rugged mountain range on the southeastern coast of Cuba in December 1956. Twelve men against [Cuban President Fulgencio] Batista’s army of 40,000. The most amazing thing is that they were able in two years to defeat Batista’s army. Because […]
11/15/1956
“It was 1956 when Fidel [Castro] swam the Rio Grande over to McAllen, Texas to meet with Carlos Prio, the civilian president that [Fulgencio] Batista had overthrown in 1952. Prio agreed to give Fidel money. He gave him $100,000. With that money they bought weapons. They continued their training. They found a yacht on which […]
7/15/1953
“This was the situation in the early 1950’s which the forces or the movement led by Fidel Castro was determined to change. The first major event on their program was the July, 1953 assault on the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba, the second city way out on the eastern portion of the island. It […]
1/20/1953
“Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953—January 20, 1961). Republican. Before his service as the 34th U.S. President, Eisenhower was a five-star general in the U.S. Army. During WW2 he served as Supreme Commander of Allied forces with responsibility for leading the victorious invasion of France and Germany in 1944 to 1945. His focus as President […]
4/12/1945
“Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945-January 20, 1953). Democratic. Truman served as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s third vice president and succeeded him on April 12, 1945 when he died less than three months of his fourth term. During his presidency Truman had to deal with many challenges in domestic affairs. He established the Truman Doctrine […]
3/4/1933
“Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4, 1933-April 12, 1945). Democratic. A.k.a. FDR. FDR is consistently regarded by scholars as [one of] the top three U.S. Presidents. He was the only president to serve three terms, after which an amendment was drafted to officially declare the two-term limit. During his time as president, FDR juggled with a […]
3/4/1929
“Herbert Hoover (March 4, 1929-March 4, 1933). Republican. One of Hoover’s strategies to garner votes was to appeal to white Southerners and ignored civil rights. Hoover was a professional mining engineer. His training and technical expertise led him to believe in the Efficiency Movement, which asserted that the economy and government were inefficient and wasteful […]
8/2/1923
“Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923-March 4, 1929). Republican. Calvin Coolidge succeeded President Warren G. Harding when the latter passed away while still in office. Coolidge restored the public’s confidence of the White House and its drop because of the scandals from Harding’s administration. Coolidge was highly popular when he left office and was elected to […]
3/4/1921
“Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921-August 2, 1923). Republican…President Harding often rewarded political allies and contributors with powerful positions with financial leverage. Scandals and corruption ran rampart under his administration. Scholars and historians consistently regarded Harding as one of the worst Presidents. He died during a train stop while on a return trip from Alaska […]
3/4/1913
“Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913-March 4, 1921). Democratic. Wilson was elected president as a Democrat in 1912. He was the only U.S. President to earn a Ph.D. degree. During his administration the U.S. entered World War I and renounced neutrality when Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare. He was barely reelected in 1916.” “U.S. Presidents,” TotallyHistory.com […]