Truman on television and German POWs on the farm
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EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://explorecarroll.com/community/3484/eaglearchive/ 10/04/09
One of the more interesting tidbits of history from October in yesteryear didn't take place in Carroll County, but had an impact upon our farming community — and what television looks like today.
It was Oct. 5, 1947, that the first televised presidential speech took place. President Harry S. Truman took to the airwaves to deliver an address to the nation.
The topic wasn't war, the economy or health care ... it was wheat.
What was so important about wheat? Glad you asked. Barely two years had passed since the devastating war in Europe had ended, and the continent was still in chaos.
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Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/lacro
EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://explorecarroll.com/community/3484/eaglearchive/ 10/04/09
One of the more interesting tidbits of history from October in yesteryear didn't take place in Carroll County, but had an impact upon our farming community — and what television looks like today.
It was Oct. 5, 1947, that the first televised presidential speech took place. President Harry S. Truman took to the airwaves to deliver an address to the nation.
The topic wasn't war, the economy or health care ... it was wheat.
What was so important about wheat? Glad you asked. Barely two years had passed since the devastating war in Europe had ended, and the continent was still in chaos.
Read the rest of the column here: Truman on television and German POWs on the farm
http://explorecarroll.com/community/3484/eaglearchive/
20091004 SCE Truman on TV German POWs on farm sceked
http://twitpic.com/lacro Truman on TV http://explorecarroll.com/community/3484/eaglearchive/ http://tinyurl.com/ykd8mnh
http://twitpic.com/lacro Truman on television and German POWs on the farm http://tinyurl.com/ykd8mnh
Ag History Carroll Co, Dayhoff Media Explore Carroll, History 1939 1945 World War II, Media TV, Pres 1945 1953 33 Truman-Harry S
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