March 20, 1917: Lansing Memorandum

Originally posted on Almost Chosen People:
? On March 17, 1917, President Wilson met with his Cabinet to consider the question of whether the US should enter the Great War.  Fortunately for historians of this period, Secretary of State Robert Lansing drafted a detailed memorandum of the meeting: ? ? The Cabinet Meeting of today…

President Ike and the Interstate Highway System

Originally posted on Presidential History Blog:
Ike – the WWI tank officer POTUS Ike: The Early Advocate Dwight D. Eisenhower was a Lt. Colonel in the US Army in 1917, when US participation in The Great War began. He was deeply disappointed that he was not assigned to active military service abroad; instead he was…