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On his famous and successful whistle-stop campaign tour of 1948, Harry Truman came to Amsterdam and addressed a crowd from the back of a train on October 8. Former Mayor Carter introduced him. Truman was running against New York Governor Thomas Dewey.
Presidential visits in the Mohawk Valley
By Bob Cudmore
American Presidential connections with the Mohawk Valley mostly have to do with these great men passing through our region, starting with George Washington.
Washington visited the Mohawk Valley 225 years ago, as was reenacted in Fort Plain this past summer. He was still General Washington when he toured the battle-scarred region at the conclusion of fighting in the American Revolution in 1783.
After President Abraham Lincoln was shot in 1865, his body was embalmed and went on its final journey back to Illinois by train, including a stop in Amsterdam.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
While the name Nathan Littauer has been immortalized by the Gloversville hospital that bears his name, it was Nathan’s son Lucius who gave the money to make the hospital and other worthwhile projects a reality.
Lucius N. Littauer grew up in Gloversville but went off to Harvard when he was only 15, where he roomed with future governor and president Theodore Roosevelt. Lucius Littauer served in Congress for five terms.
Theodore Roosevelt was popular in Amsterdam where the long gone junior high was named in his honor in 1925. The principal of the school in the 1950s, Fritz Heil, used to tell students how he got to shake Theodore Roosevelt’s hand during one of his Amsterdam visits.
Roosevelt spoke in Amsterdam at least four times in 1898, 1900, 1910 and 1914. When he died in 1919, the city held a Roosevelt Day in which clergymen paid tribute to “the great statesman.”
FDR
Amsterdam Mayor Arthur Carter was a friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Carter had worked in state government in Albany and got to know FDR when he was Governor. That friendship was credited for the city receiving federal aid for the municipal golf course, named for Carter, and other Depression-era projects.
TRUMAN
On his famous and successful whistle-stop campaign tour of 1948, Harry Truman came to Amsterdam and addressed a crowd from the back of a train on October 8. Former Mayor Carter introduced him. Truman was running against New York Governor Thomas Dewey.
Truman paid tribute to the way Amsterdam had turned its peacetime factories to doing work for the military in World War II. The city’s carpet mills, for example, made canvas for tents and protective covers for gun turrets and all kinds of military objects.
And Truman, locked in a battle with a Republican Congress, wrapped up with a partisan plea, “I want to get every voter who is entitled to the privilege on the books, then I want him on the 2d of November to get up very early in the morning to go to the polls and vote the Democratic ticket straight---then the country will be safe for another four years and I won't have a housing problem myself.”
JFK
On September 29, 1960, John F. Kennedy spoke to a crowd in the municipal parking lot between Grove and Main Streets in Amsterdam during his campaign against Richard Nixon.
“Amsterdam, New York and Boston, Massachusetts, have many things in common,” the Massachusetts Senator said. “They are among the oldest cities of the United States, and like all old cities, they meet the same problems which come with maturity, with age. Our responsibility, those of us who live in the urban centers of the United States, is to try to rebuild our cities and their economies so that they can serve as a place of vitality in the economic life of the United States.”
The texts of the speeches by Kennedy and Truman can be found on Amsterdam native David Pietrusza’s Web site, www.davidpietrusza.com Pietrusza’s latest book deals with Presidential politics, “1960: JFK vs. LBJ vs. Nixon.”
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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Thursday, September 29, 2022
From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Bobby Kennedy in Amsterdam
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Friday, September 30, 2022
The short of it "why is there a sculpture of Joseph Brant on the building?
Episode 442
Veteran Associated Press reporter Chris Carola, now a freelance writer, takes a look at the life of Revolutionary War era Mohawk chief Joseph Brant. A warrior and diplomat, Brant is memorialized with a sculpture on the outside of the New York State capitol building in Albany.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Tuesday, September 27, 2022
With an upper level disturbance over the Northeast, periods of
clouds are expected through the day today and again tomorrow.
The flow around this system will promote some scattered rain
showers, especially for the western Adirondacks, for both today
and tomorrow. Behind this departing system, dry and comfortable
weather is expected for Thursday through the weekend.
A chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Light south wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. West wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, mainly between noon and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. West wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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By Bob CudmoreOn his famous and successful whistle-stop campaign tour of 1948, Harry Truman came to Amsterdam and addressed a crowd from the back of a train on October 8. Former Mayor Carter introduced him. Truman was running against New York Governor Thomas Dewey.
Presidential visits in the Mohawk Valley
By Bob Cudmore
American Presidential connections with the Mohawk Valley mostly have to do with these great men passing through our region, starting with George Washington.
Washington visited the Mohawk Valley 225 years ago, as was reenacted in Fort Plain this past summer. He was still General Washington when he toured the battle-scarred region at the conclusion of fighting in the American Revolution in 1783.
After President Abraham Lincoln was shot in 1865, his body was embalmed and went on its final journey back to Illinois by train, including a stop in Amsterdam.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
While the name Nathan Littauer has been immortalized by the Gloversville hospital that bears his name, it was Nathan’s son Lucius who gave the money to make the hospital and other worthwhile projects a reality.
Lucius N. Littauer grew up in Gloversville but went off to Harvard when he was only 15, where he roomed with future governor and president Theodore Roosevelt. Lucius Littauer served in Congress for five terms.
Theodore Roosevelt was popular in Amsterdam where the long gone junior high was named in his honor in 1925. The principal of the school in the 1950s, Fritz Heil, used to tell students how he got to shake Theodore Roosevelt’s hand during one of his Amsterdam visits.
Roosevelt spoke in Amsterdam at least four times in 1898, 1900, 1910 and 1914. When he died in 1919, the city held a Roosevelt Day in which clergymen paid tribute to “the great statesman.”
FDR
Amsterdam Mayor Arthur Carter was a friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Carter had worked in state government in Albany and got to know FDR when he was Governor. That friendship was credited for the city receiving federal aid for the municipal golf course, named for Carter, and other Depression-era projects.
TRUMAN
On his famous and successful whistle-stop campaign tour of 1948, Harry Truman came to Amsterdam and addressed a crowd from the back of a train on October 8. Former Mayor Carter introduced him. Truman was running against New York Governor Thomas Dewey.
Truman paid tribute to the way Amsterdam had turned its peacetime factories to doing work for the military in World War II. The city’s carpet mills, for example, made canvas for tents and protective covers for gun turrets and all kinds of military objects.
And Truman, locked in a battle with a Republican Congress, wrapped up with a partisan plea, “I want to get every voter who is entitled to the privilege on the books, then I want him on the 2d of November to get up very early in the morning to go to the polls and vote the Democratic ticket straight---then the country will be safe for another four years and I won't have a housing problem myself.”
JFK
On September 29, 1960, John F. Kennedy spoke to a crowd in the municipal parking lot between Grove and Main Streets in Amsterdam during his campaign against Richard Nixon.
“Amsterdam, New York and Boston, Massachusetts, have many things in common,” the Massachusetts Senator said. “They are among the oldest cities of the United States, and like all old cities, they meet the same problems which come with maturity, with age. Our responsibility, those of us who live in the urban centers of the United States, is to try to rebuild our cities and their economies so that they can serve as a place of vitality in the economic life of the United States.”
The texts of the speeches by Kennedy and Truman can be found on Amsterdam native David Pietrusza’s Web site, www.davidpietrusza.com Pietrusza’s latest book deals with Presidential politics, “1960: JFK vs. LBJ vs. Nixon.”
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
A 29 minute slice of History
Bob Cudmore-Diana Waite conversation
From the Archives- November 15, 2019-Episode 292-Diana Waite on “The Architecture of Downtown Troy: An Illustrated History.” Waite, who lives in Troy, served a decade as executive director of the Preservation League of New York State.
Thursday, September 29, 2022
From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Bobby Kennedy in Amsterdam
A memorial service for Senator Kennedy was held June 9 at what was then Amsterdam’s Lynch High School. The speaker was Robert Lincoln Hatch...
Friday, September 30, 2022
The short of it "why is there a sculpture of Joseph Brant on the building?
Episode 442
Veteran Associated Press reporter Chris Carola, now a freelance writer, takes a look at the life of Revolutionary War era Mohawk chief Joseph Brant. A warrior and diplomat, Brant is memorialized with a sculpture on the outside of the New York State capitol building in Albany.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Tuesday, September 27, 2022
With an upper level disturbance over the Northeast, periods of
clouds are expected through the day today and again tomorrow.
The flow around this system will promote some scattered rain
showers, especially for the western Adirondacks, for both today
and tomorrow. Behind this departing system, dry and comfortable
weather is expected for Thursday through the weekend.
A chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Light south wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. West wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, mainly between noon and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. West wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Daily Gazette
Wedgeway owner faces $388,000 judgment for Schenectady code violations
SCHENECTADY – A protracted legal battle over alleged city code violations with a prominent downtown Schenectady building came to a…
SCHENECTADY – A protracted legal battle over alleged city code violations with a prominent downtown Schenectady building came to a…
https://dailygazette.com/
RecorderNews
Images: 2022 Amsterdam Homecoming Parade, Halftime Show featuring alumni
AMSTERDAM – A look around Saturday’s homecoming parade and on-field performances....
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/