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Especially over the same period of time. Number one. Number two, truman was famous for being a walker. Every day he took his constitutional. Referring to the speed of the pedestrians in the competitive races, i think, and its hard to tell, we have no photographs much less moving pictures. Its a shame. Still the age of line drawings and engravings. The way people described westins walk sounds similar to what race walking is today. They said he had a wobbly walk, that he moved his hips. He swung his hips. I have a feeling that he walked fast. Much like modern race walkers do. As far as truman, you mentioned harry truman. He walked, i forget what it was. What was his old military pace of 60 steps a second or 60 steps a minute or something . He was famous for his walks. Liked to walk around washington. There is a good story where the secret service hated it. The secret service had been protecting fdr, you know, for 12 years and really didnt have to worry about fdr going on long walks. So t
AbileneTexasUnited-statesAlabamaTurkeySalisburyMashonaland-eastZimbabweRussiaKansas-cityKansasWashingtonPresident ial library and museum hosted this event. First, i want to say good afternoon and thank some people. Of course tim for letting me come and speak to you today. And of course samantha, who handled a lot of the publicity for the event. She did just a wonderful job. There was also a local Radio Station who did a great interview and between newspaper and radio, im always appreciative of all the people who support your visit. I want to thank all of them before i get started. Im going to jump right into it and tell you why we are here. The kansas city monarchs were a Negro League Baseball team. Perhaps most of you have heard of them. Some of the great players maybe you heard of Jackie Robinson or Satchel Paige. Organized 1920, 1920 four and one the first world championship. That was 90 years ago. Way torying to figure a honor these brave men who purely play for the love of the game because they did not make great salaries back then. I decided i was going to visit 90 cities to commem
ArkansasUnited-statesAbileneTexasAlabamaNevadaBrooklynNew-yorkTurkeyFort-rileyKansasManhattanThe packard car company, which said you could go 300 miles in a day. I guess he was desperate for ads because he did not like cars. Westin did not like cars just because he thought they made people walk less. Ironically, westin in 1927, was crossing a street in manhattan and was hit by a car and was left crippled and never walked again and died two years later at the age of 90. Oleary fareed a little better. He would stage walking exhibitions before Major League Baseball games. He would go out and challenge the fastest runner on the team to run around the bases twice while he walked around once and more often than not he won, and then he would pass the hat. Literally, pass a hat through the stands collecting nickels and dimes and this is basically how he funded his retirement. The book, i have a scene where i imagine he performed before a game in chicago between the white sox and as in 1927 and i imagine the players in the dugout were all born well, well after the golden age, they prob
AlabamaUnited-statesTurkeyClay-cityIllinoisKansas-cityKansasWashingtonDistrict-of-columbiaConnecticutMexicoSteubenvilleSo when he actually when he left the white house in early 53, he had had to take a loan out from a bank in washington to help make ends meet, and he also refused to commercialize the presidency. He would not take lucrative speaking fees. He would not sit on corporate boards, that sort of thing. Im glad the president s still dont do that. So anyway, he was really kind of a poor guy. He was the last president to become a regular citizen again in a way, and so on this trip they stayed at hotels, and they ate at roadside diners, and they crashed with friends in indianapolis one night, and so its kind of the story of this trip and also how being an expresident has changed. Yeah, they came to new york. They actually stayed at the waldorf in new york for four nights, and i was curious how they could afford that, and then harry saved all his correspondence and at the Truman Library i found a letter from the general manager of the waldorf saying, i hear youre coming to new york. We would be hap
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