Episode 54 HERBERT HOOVER: A Forgotten Gem (The Other Quaker President) SPECIAL EDITION
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History
English - November 01, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPolitics News History politics history government republican democrat independent speeches world war 2 vietnam war lyndon johnson Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
While researching the material for our podcast documentary we are currently presenting now on President Richard Nixon, I had one of those random thoughts cross my mind. Had we had any other Quakers serve as President?
That led me into looking at a story that is featured on this show by CBS Sunday Morning titled "The Real Herbert Hoover", and I was fascinated by all I did not know about President Herbert Hoover's life.
The more I looked at the life of this often maligned President, the more I grew to admire Herbert Hoover. Hoover was an orphan, turn mining engineer, turn multi millionaire, turn humanitarian, turn government volunteer and 31st President of the United States. I had a book given to me by my brother and sister-in-law a few years ago titled "Herbert Hoover's Hideaway" by Darwin Lambert and I enjoyed reading much of his history and his enjoyment of the out doors. I also thought about the example President Harry Truman set by reaching out to Former President Hoover and inviting him back to help him stave off a famine that was overtaking the entire World, outside of the United States.
Hoover's work after World War 2 would mark the second time he had come to the rescue of a starving world and in doing so he is probably responsible for saving more lives than any other person in the history of the Earth.
It is a story worth learning.
So in this special edition of "Bridging the Political Gap" we put our focus on the other Quaker President of the United States, and like Richard Nixon, he is often only remembered for a disaster that was largely out of his control.
Herbert Hoover may not be considered one of our great Presidents, however it is hard to hear his story and not appreciate, that he was one of the greatest Americans of any era.
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