To have a large, concrete barrier named after him. OK, seriously, not many from the Hoover presidency are still alive, so this is a speculative conversation. read more
On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a law that made"The Star-Spangled Banner," based on an 1814 poem by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), America's national anthem. After attending Quaker schools, Hoover became part of the first class to enter Stanford University when it opened in 1891. read more
OK, seriously, not many from the Hoover presidency are still alive, so this is a speculative conversation. Even though Hoover was an active humanitarian, he took the brunt of the Great Depression he really had little to do with occurring. read more
Before serving as America’s 31st President from 1929 to 1933, Herbert Hoover had achieved international success as a mining engineer and worldwide gratitude as “The Great Humanitarian” who fed war-torn Europe during and after World War I. read more
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), America’s 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression. Although his predecessors’ policies undoubtedly contributed to the crisis, which lasted over a decade, Hoover bore much of the blame in the minds of the American people. read more