Tag: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
Archives Spotlight: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Happy American Archives Month! Throughout October, we’re running a series of “spotlights” on the many locations that make up the National Archives. You can visit the exhibits or use the research rooms. The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa, has an unusual location. It is within the Herbert Hoover National Historic [...]
Posted by Nikita on October 17, 2012, under - Presidents, National Archives Near You.
Tags: great depression, herbert hoover, Herbert Hoover Historical Site, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, humanitarian aid, Iowa, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lou Henry Hoover, national park service, Quaker, Rose Wilder Lane, world war i
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What’s Cooking Wednesday: Flour Sack Art
One of the themes throughout our “What’s Cooking Wednesday” posts has been war and food rationing. American citizens were asked to grow their own food, ration sugar, and eat less meat so that there would be more supplies for soldiers fighting overseas and for people with little food left in their war-torn country. As a result, [...]
Posted by Hilary on November 30, 2011, under - Great Depression, - Presidents, - World War I, Uncategorized, Uncle Sam, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: Belgium, Commission for Relief in Belgium, flour sacks, herbert hoover, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, world war i, WWI
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