[Magdalen] Pause for thought

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Visited JFK library, Truman and Eisenhower as a kid.  Live "near" LBJ and GWBush but never visited. 
Lynn 



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On Jan 1, 2017, at 8:41 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

I have been to the Eisenhower Library but I think that's the only one. I
have also visited the Andrew Johnson museum as it's in the town next door
to where I lived and I took Yitzhak there when he visited. He was a Civil
War buff and we visited a lot of local Ciil War sites. The Woodrow Wilson
museum is next door to here, basically, but I don't have a lot of use for
him, so I haven't bothered. I might take the grandsons there though.


> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 9:05 PM Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>> From: Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com>
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>> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
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>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Pause for thought
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>> Only the presidents from Herbert Hoover on have libraries:
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>> https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries
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>> Kate
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>> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and
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>> Micah 6:8
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>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
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>>>> From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
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>>>> Sent: Jan 1, 2017 2:22 AM
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>>>> To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
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>>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Pause for thought
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>>>> We have the ancestral home of FDR and his library rolled into one, and
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>>>> there are some displays regarding eleanor as well. Eleanor did not
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>>>> to that house after FDR died, preferring to live much more simply at
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>>>> former furniture factory, Valkill. From where we live, we can easily
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>>>> to Eleanor's place.  The library and residence has a lot of land around
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>>>> so it is a great place for reenactments and such. The fields around
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>>>> As you approach the library hosting building, you'll see a little
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>>>> I am attending St. James, Hyde Park, which is essentially the estate
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>>>> of the Roosevelts.  It is a tiny church, but the parishioners have big
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>>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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>>>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
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>>>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
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>>>> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Truman's Library is fun, and very close by.
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>>>>> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 5:19 PM, ROGER STOKES <
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>>>>>> I arrived in Little Rock yesterday afternoon after several hours on
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>>>>>> As I dropped down towards the city I saw billboards proclaiming
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>>>>>> drain the swamp", "We've kicked the establishment out", "Make
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>>>>>> again" and "Crooked Hillary". Is draining the swamp consistent with
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>>>>>> those who have the money in the cabinet? Which presidential
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>>>>>> soliciting donations in New York State?
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>>>>>> Today I went to the Presidential Library, the first time I have
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>>>>>> such an establishment so I don't know how it compares with the
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>>>>>> There were displays about Bill and Hillary Clinton's early lives
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>>>>>> significant events during the Clinton presidency. They referred to
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>>>>>> interdependence and prosperity for the benefit of all. As I left
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>>>>>> me much to think about in the present context both sides of the
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>>>>> If no one has told you that they love you today,
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>>>>> brud
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>>> I have been wondering if there are any former presidents who do not
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> I knew about the Hoover Library  I think President Hoover was still alive
> when it was inaugurated. He died at over 90 I seem to remember the
> inauguration from the child or teen age years. I guess many of the previous
> presidents have museums at their principal residence. I remember the
> Rutherford B Hayes residence; of course most of the older presidents have
> large mansions. I have gone to Mt Vernon, the Hermitage, and Monticello and
> I believe Monroe and Madison also had large estates. So I am thinking about
> John and John Quincy Adams and VanBuren and the following president.
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