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On May 30, 1931, the Saturday after Memorial Day, the beleaguered President Herbert Hoover addressed a crowd of 20,000 people under sweltering heat at Valley Forge. This episode looks at that speech in the context of Hoover’s life and times. Contemporary listeners will see much that is familiar in Hoover’s speech — politicians are in many ways similar across generations — and also sentiments that we have not heard from our presidents in a long time.
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References for this episode
William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover Memorial Day Address at Valley Forge, May 30, 1931
Jessie De Priest tea at White House
Men at Work – “Down Under”
Theme song to “All In The Family”
