As the world rings in a new year, I bring you this episode originally released on New Year’s Day 2017 for a look back on early American traditions with a focus on a New Year’s tradition from days gone by: the Presidential New Year’s Day Reception. From the very beginning to the last one in the 20th century, I examine how different presidents both before and after Harrison approached the event and what it meant for a nation working to develop its own identity after independence. For source notes and additional information, please visit http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com.
Featured image: The White House, c. 1846, by John Plumbe Jr, courtesy of the Library of Congress and Wikipedia
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047 – Old Hickory and Old Tip
046 – Fort Hill and Beethoven’s Crazy Racist Cousin
045 – The Compromiser’s Last Bow
044 – GTH: How Texas Kept Clay From the White House
043 – With Friends Like These
042 – Years of Striving
041 – The Jacksonians Strike Back
040 – Like a Not So Good Neighbor
039 – South of the Border
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038 – The Nation’s Chief Diplomat
037 – The Compromiser is Compromised
036 – No Fear, No More
035 – Interview with Ron Shafer
034 – Mr. Speaker to Mr. Diplomat
033 – Harry of the West
032 – Westward Ho
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