Posted on 05/29/2013 5:33:42 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
She probably thought she needed it to protect Falla from the cops.
My mother tells me people made fun of Eleanor. No wonder, she had a staple right in the middle of her forehead.
She was carrying since 1937 without a permit?
“MRS. ROOSEVELT CARRIES PISTOL
NEW YORK, March 7
(IP)Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt carries a long barreled pistol on her frequent motor trips about the country, friends said tonight, as a concession to the secret service and not because she fears for her own safety. “If you want to get her down on you “for good,” one of them confided, “just hint that she is afraid to travel alone.”
The President’s wife disclosed in New Orleans yesterday that she carries a pistol in her automobile and “can use it.” She added that she had the “same training with a pistol that the New York National Guard has.”-—
Mon. March 9, 1937 “Plattsburgh Daily Press”
Early example of Dianne Feinstein elitism, and nothing more.
“A pistol for me, but not for thee.”
“Mr. & Mrs. America, turn them all in!!”
A story my dad told was that Elly was trying to get to sleep on a train, but a drunk above her was sawing logs.
Yeah, VIPs haven’t always been treated like hot-house plants; Lincoln and Truman liked to take solo walks.
Anyway, she banged on the roof and he stopped snoring. But five minutes later, started up again.
So she really pounds this time, this time with her umbrella.
The drunk stuck his head out from the curtain and said, “Pound all you want lady. I saw you in the bar car, and I ain’t coming down.”
That’s actually fascinating. Great post!
Well, thank you. That’s very kind. : )
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