Evelyn Lincoln served as John F. Kennedy’s private secretary from his election to the Senate in 1953 until his death. He quickly learned to value her unwavering loyalty.
The president once summed up her blind devotion to him by remarking, “If I had said just now, ‘Mrs. Lincoln, I have cut off Jackie’s head, would you please send over a box?’ she still would have replied, “That’s wonderful, Mr. President, I’ll send it right away. … Did you get your nap?’
When the Chief Justice Got the Presidential Oath Wrong, a 13-Year-Old Girl Called Him Out
In 1929, Chief Justice William Howard Taft botched Herbert Hoover’s presidential oath. A 13-year-old girl caught the mistake and wrote to correct him. Taft insisted she was wrong about how he’d gotten it wrong. Unfortunately for Taft, someone had recorded the whole thing.
Old-Time Radio Horror: When Your Imagination Did the Special Effects
Explore the terrifying world of Old-Time Radio, where shows like Inner Sanctum, Suspense, Lights Out, and Quiet Please proved that a creaking door, a few footsteps, and an active imagination could be scarier than anything Hollywood could put on a screen.
E-COM and NetPost: When the Post Office Looked at Email and Asked, “Could We Make This Slower?”
When email made written communication nearly instantaneous, the U.S. Postal Service had an idea: print those electronic messages, stuff them into envelopes, and deliver them the old-fashioned way. Discover how E-COM and NetPost turned technological progress into an exercise in paper, postage, and bureaucratic ingenuity—twice.
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