President Obama will give a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas on the economy today at a location the White House says was very specific in picking and meant to echo President Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt spoke in the very same town more than 100 years ago on August 31, 1910 where he presented his vision for American and the coming 1912 election. Obama is an avid appreciator of history, believes lessons from history can be applied to problems today and regularly consults with historians regarding current situations.
(from Harry Truman’s History Lessons
By Samuel W. Rushay, Jr.)
"My debt to history is one which cannot be calculated. I know of no other motivation which so accounts for my awakening interest as a young lad in the principles of leadership and government." –Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, vol. I (1955)
Throughout his long life, Harry S. Truman thought, wrote, and spoke about history. For Truman, history had a meaning that went beyond a casual interest. It provided him ethical and moral guidance and was a tool that he used to make decisions, most notably as President of the United States during his two terms of office, 19451953. As a student of Truman has put it, Truman "internalized" history and looked to the past almost reflexively whenever a problem or issue arose.
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