When Tom’s alarm rang at 5:45am on September 9, 2023, it was easy to tell he had a bounce in his step and a song or two in his heart. Even though there were no Presidential sites on our day’s…
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259: FLASHBACKS DURING MY VISIT TO HOOVERVILLE
From an opening in the camera case situated on the back seat of the Family Truckster, I watched the world go by as Vicki drove my photographer and me from Davenport to West Branch, Iowa. And during that entire time,…
258: A BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN DAVENPORT WITH BARACK, BUSH, AND THE BOY ON A BRIDGE
When Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Friday September 8, 2023, I knew it was a lot later than my photographer’s original plan of a 3am wakeup call had we not left home a day earlier. Tom and his wife,…
257: ‘WAVE ON’ FOR BUDDY’S BIRTHDAY AT A LAKE MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE
Buddy Holly likely would’ve turned 87 years old on Thursday September 7, 2023 had he not been a passenger on the Beechcraft Bonanza airplane that crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959. And I couldn’t think of a better…
256: CELEBRATING MY BIG ONE-OH AT SPIEGEL GROVE WITH TOM, BOB, RUD, AND LUCY
Flashback to 2013 when I spent my first moments at a Presidential site as my photographer, his wife Vicki, and I embarked on an eight-day trip that began at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio. While our visit to the home…
255: HOMEWARD BOUND – ANOTHER EPIC JOURNEY COMES TO AN END
It was roughly 10:20am on Wednesday June 14, 2023 when my photographer, Bob Moldenhauer, and I left Kent State and the images of May 4th behind us. I was antsy during the entire 38-mile journey north as the next stop…
254: ON THE BLOOD-STAINED GROUNDS OF KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
When Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Wednesday June 14, 2023, which was Flag Day, I looked out of our room’s window at the Fairfield Inn in Streetsboro, Ohio and the weather appeared bleak. The sky was very overcast with…
253: AN ENCOUNTER WITH ALIENS, ZOMBIES, AND A *BLEEPING* PSYCHO IN YORK
The tenth day of our eleven-day adventure began when Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Tuesday June 13, 2023. Within the next two hours, my companions had their stuff packed, their faces filled, and the three of us were on…
252: ‘CAUSE I LIVE AND BREATHE THIS PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM
The early afternoon of Monday June 12, 2023 was hot and humid when my photographer, Bob Moldenhauer, and I arrived in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since it was only 1:20pm, we had exactly two hours to kill before our tour of…
251: WHILE IN TRENTON, I DISCOVERED WHY GOV. WOODROW WILSON LIVED IN PRINCETON
At 10:40am on Monday June 12, 2023, my companions and I left Princeton behind and headed for Trenton, the capital city of New Jersey. During my travels in recent years with my photographer and Bob Moldenhauer, I’ve been all around…