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Lou Henry Hoover grew up in Iowa, loved horse back riding, hunting, shooting, archery and adventure. She found plenty of that when she married Herbert.

Urban legend claims Herbert Hoover kept pet alligators in the White House. What other animals lived in the White House and where does the truth lie?

Lou Henry Hoover spent many years of her life involved with the Girl Scout movement. 
She considered herself a Girl Scout before the movement ever started, because as a young girl, her father took her hunting, fishing and hiking in the mountains.

Archivist Matt Schaefer talks about Lou Henry Hoover and the 19th Amendment that gave women throughout the country the right to vote. It explores Lou’s views on women’s suffrage and voting. On August 18, 2020, we will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the amendment’s ratification. This program may be viewed on our Facebook page.

As Secretary of Commerce, Hoover helps develop the foundation for commercial aviation.

Spring training is here and it is time to recall some trivial links between baseball, America’s national pastime, and the Presidency, America’s highest public position.

The bride was Episcopalian and the groom was a Quaker. Imagine the scandalous rumors during Hoover's presidential campaign when it was leaked their marriage was performed by... a Catholic priest!

An old joke in the media industry is to indicate to someone that they have “a face for radio.”  Most people never knew that Herbert Hoover regulated the radio airwaves so broadcasters would not have overlapping signals. Get the whole story here!

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum director Tom Schwartz details Hoover’s early efforts to use film to tell the stories of the American Relief Administration and the Commission for Relief in Belgium. The Hoovers were the first to have regular showings of films at the White House, beginning the tradition that continues to this day. The talk ends with clips in modern films that reference Hoover. This program was presented at the Feb. 20, 2020 3rd Thursday at Hoover's event.

It was August 24, 1933. John Wade Gordon was hungry and broke- he hoped the 92 cents in his pocket would hold out until he could reach a friend in San Francisco. His thumb out, many cars passed him on the highway until a big shiny limo came rolling along and stopped. To his surprise, President Hoover was in the back seat.