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The White House Christmas Eve Fire of 1929 

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On December 24, 1929 President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou were hosting a holiday party, including the children of the President's aides and friends. In the hallway the Marine Band played Christmas songs. The President was enjoying the festivities when Ike Hoover, the White House usher, came into the room and whispered in the president’s ear. The president and his secretaries were needed immediately. Rarely has a crisis so immediately required the attention of the chief executive.
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@jack3inflesh
@jack3inflesh 6 месяцев назад
Boy did this fire get lost in history. The only fire I ever knew about was the 1812 burning by the Brits. Thanks for bringing it to life
@JackThelRipper
@JackThelRipper 5 месяцев назад
Same here! Frickin baffles me that this was never mentioned in any history class?? I swear they should be teaching history about this Country first in school then other parts of the world.
@barbarajolley6578
@barbarajolley6578 5 месяцев назад
@@JackThelRipper It seems that the history of "other parts of the world" isn't really taught, either. I have met quite a few young people who are clueless about either.
@mountainjeff
@mountainjeff 5 месяцев назад
Kinda like Building 7.
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 5 месяцев назад
I don't know how old you guys are, but I turn 60 this year and I knew about it. I remember it being talked about in school back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. It seems to me that today, there is little interest in history even in schools. Personally, I think history NEEDS to be studied so we not only have an understanding of where we are today and why, but also to not make the same mistakes going forward.
@mountainjeff
@mountainjeff 5 месяцев назад
@@retroguy9494 Yes. I remember that I thought that everything was old news. That "we" were so much smarter now. There is so much to be learned, even from your parents, let alone your grand parents, if you're so lucky to have them. Why are "they" hiding stuff? Serious stuff? I'm talking RECENT history?
@SearTrip
@SearTrip 6 месяцев назад
The weird thing is, I just found pictures of the aftermath of this fire last night looking through the Library of Congress website. That was the first I had ever heard if it. And now, today, here’s a video about it.
@denniswhite166
@denniswhite166 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas History Guy and crew. And to all my fellow subscribers.
@timothysworld1028
@timothysworld1028 6 месяцев назад
According to the late White House Historian Williams Seales there was a puppy that was rescued from that fire. One of the Cabinet had a puppy he was keeping in his office to surprise his son for Christmas. interesting side note. Merry Christmas.
@noelletakesthesky3977
@noelletakesthesky3977 5 месяцев назад
Mrs. Hoover was quite brilliant with how she turned what could have been a traumatizing event for children into something they were able to find fun. Of course, it wouldn’t be fun if something happened to one of their fathers, but she clearly erred on the side of hoping they’d all be okay, so how to salvage the night for the children. I love her for that.
@danimal0921
@danimal0921 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas, Professor G and all of your family and crew at THG!!!!! Thank you for making History deserving to be Remembered!!!
@jeffbangkok
@jeffbangkok 6 месяцев назад
In the 80's I lived on the family dairy where there were no holidays without work. My paycheck came from the highway department where many Christmas eve's I'd be driving a snow plow. My last Christmas in the USA in 1999. Having THG bringing great gifts of history always makes my day. Thank you for all you do. Merry day after from Bangkok
@meminustherandomgooglenumbers
@meminustherandomgooglenumbers 5 месяцев назад
Is it true that it’s super cheap to live in Bangkok? I bought five minutes in one of those truck stop massage chairs for the first time ever yesterday, and now I feel 15 years younger.
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 5 месяцев назад
Well, I'm not surprised. Cows need to be milked even on Christmas day!
@fearthehoneybadger
@fearthehoneybadger 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas, everyone.
@skyden24195
@skyden24195 6 месяцев назад
I had not known of this incident prior to watching this video. Interesting Christmas gift from "The History Guy." Merry Christmas right back at everyone at "The History Guy" and all others who read this comment.
@tcschenks
@tcschenks 6 месяцев назад
My Grandma told us that her house burnt down in the early 1930s when she was a little girl when the Depression-era Christmas Tree lights caught the Christmas Tree on fire.
@GrumpyMeow-Meow
@GrumpyMeow-Meow 5 месяцев назад
Thank God she was alright. Those tree fires can reach 1200 degrees within 30 seconds.
@shortfusesallee
@shortfusesallee 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas, History Guy. Thank you for all the wonderful videos and the free education!
@jameshallett5395
@jameshallett5395 6 месяцев назад
THG: You and your team deserve to be remembered this Holiday Season…😊
@coffeeNTrees
@coffeeNTrees 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
@briannicholas2757
@briannicholas2757 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to the whole HG family, and all the best in the New Year. Thank you for all that you do to keep us both enlightened and entertained, it is a year long Christmas gift we all treasure.
@garycarpenter2980
@garycarpenter2980 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas Season Greetings Happy Holidays Melekalikimaka Joyuex Noel Feliz Navidad Buon Natale to you and your people
@HM2SGT
@HM2SGT 6 месяцев назад
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zT894S_zoD0.htmlsi=4cmN7_NZ5Rr_TELV Delightful version of MeleKalikimaka 🎄🎅😃
@JayYoung-ro3vu
@JayYoung-ro3vu 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you, yours, and your RU-vid followers! 🙏❤️🎄🙏❤️🎄🙏❤️🎄🙏❤️🎄
@LowEarthOrbitPilot
@LowEarthOrbitPilot 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas, History Guy! 🙏🏼 Greetings from Fort Lauderdale, FL 🌴☀️👋🏼😁
@melinnwflorida1762
@melinnwflorida1762 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to the History Guy and team! Your videos are always enlightening and entertaining. Thank you.
@garylefevers
@garylefevers 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. Happy Holidays to those who do not. God bless.
@yvonnefochesato4652
@yvonnefochesato4652 5 месяцев назад
Your son is young, what a wonderful way of saving this memory for him.... I'm looking forward to 2024 trip. All the best in 2024....
@bradleyalexander5821
@bradleyalexander5821 6 месяцев назад
Very interesting story. Who knew? Merry Christmas to All.
@Twash50
@Twash50 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas from Washington, D.C.
@revrup
@revrup 6 месяцев назад
Delightful story!
@stevedietrich8936
@stevedietrich8936 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to THG and crew, and to all my fellow students as well. I've enjoyed yet another year of THG's interesting videos and hope that there are several more years of videos to come.
@shawnharrington9548
@shawnharrington9548 6 месяцев назад
A great Christmas gift, thank you. Still waiting for the history of historians.
@mamanoneyall51
@mamanoneyall51 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas 🎅☃️🇺🇲🗽🦅
@1Whipperin
@1Whipperin 6 месяцев назад
Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth..." "And He shall reign forever and ever..."
@DeconvertedMan
@DeconvertedMan 6 месяцев назад
Merry Historymas!
@joelbrown3479
@joelbrown3479 5 месяцев назад
PRICELESS More History...😂😂😂😂
@okjoe5561
@okjoe5561 6 месяцев назад
Did they ever figure out what started the fire?
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
@TheHistoryGuyChannel 6 месяцев назад
Not definitively. The two theories were faulty electrical wiring or a blocked chimney flue.
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 6 месяцев назад
Hey Seasons Beatings 😮one and all!
@baylorsailor
@baylorsailor 5 месяцев назад
What an ominous year. Im glad they saved what they could. Its a shame that so much of the work from TR's time was lost. TR is my favorite president in history.
@dougwalker4944
@dougwalker4944 5 месяцев назад
.props to the 'Reason for the Season' ...looking like a hippie, inviting everyone to feast. 🙏🙏🙏Peace to All🙏🙏🙏
@richwhitaker1506
@richwhitaker1506 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas History Guy. You keep us all grounded. 😂🎅
@crispincain5373
@crispincain5373 5 месяцев назад
Nice to see Tamar and I made the cut for ugly sweaters! Merry Happy New Year too!
@laserbeam002
@laserbeam002 6 месяцев назад
May you and family have a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year. I wish you continued success in the coming new year. Thank you.
@davidshaddick3822
@davidshaddick3822 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas History Guy!
@davidruppel1216
@davidruppel1216 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas from Christmas Valley Oregon!
@greggbaker7120
@greggbaker7120 6 месяцев назад
Any thoughts on when Christmas Lights on Houses, became the " thing " to do?
@dedcowbowee
@dedcowbowee 6 месяцев назад
That is a great question never thought of that. Happy holidays!
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 5 месяцев назад
That's actually a VERY good question. People had decorated the exterior of their houses long before Christmas lights. The first outdoor Christmas lights appeared in the late 1880's. But they weren't all that popular. Then, in the 1930's, they began to be produced in mass quantities. People began to use them more, perhaps as a way to feel good during the bad years of the depression. But more to your specific question of when they became 'the thing to do', it was in the post World War II era with the advent and boom of 'tract housing.' As more and more suburban communities and neighborhood sprung up, so did decorating the outside of them with Christmas lights, most especially on houses that had 'eaves' as people would decorate the outline of the house with the lights. My own parents used to do that when they built our house in the mid 1950's. Even when I was a child, my father always put the lights around the eaves. I think it wasn't until I was in middle or high school which was in the late 70's that he began to decorate the bushes and shrubs and the like. He did that when he got rid of his old screw in bulbs and made the switch to those little tiny lights which is basically still what most people use today.
@mikecooney3379
@mikecooney3379 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas one and all!
@jfriend2001
@jfriend2001 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you and yours History Guy - Keep the swell videos coming & the podcast is Amazing for road trips - keep the both coming !
@meganselva6799
@meganselva6799 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas 🎄
@SafetySpooon
@SafetySpooon 6 месяцев назад
Merriest of Xmases & Happiest of New Years to you all over that at THG!!
@stevenmullens511
@stevenmullens511 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas, and God bless us all
@SP-eq9st
@SP-eq9st 5 месяцев назад
Never knew about this. Thank you and Merry Christmas and hopefully a Happy New Year.
@doughboybellmore2347
@doughboybellmore2347 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas HG
@budgiefriend
@budgiefriend 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you and yours too.
@user-hb4ed8ej1r
@user-hb4ed8ej1r 6 месяцев назад
You, your family and staff deserve every Christmas wish granted with a little extra. Thank you, Merry Christmas from my family to yours.
@RetiredSailor60
@RetiredSailor60 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas from Ft Worth TX Lance (History Guy) and everyone watching around the world.
@rabignall
@rabignall 6 месяцев назад
Thank you 😊 🎉
@jonathanwetherell3609
@jonathanwetherell3609 6 месяцев назад
Happy Christmas to all, with my best wishes for 2024, now that 2023 is nearly history.
@coreydarr8464
@coreydarr8464 6 месяцев назад
Happy Christ's Birthday and have a great New Year!
@leev4206
@leev4206 6 месяцев назад
Enjoyed the video Christmas “card” at the end. May you have a joyous Christmas and a blessed year.
@HarryWHill-GA
@HarryWHill-GA 5 месяцев назад
Thank you sir. I hope you and yours had a VERY Merry Christmas.
@jamesmathews9098
@jamesmathews9098 5 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas Mr. and Mrs THG! God bless you all!
@KubotaManDan
@KubotaManDan 6 месяцев назад
🎄 Merry Christmas ❄ Seasons Greetings ☃ Happy New Year 🥂 Peace and Love
@danstotland6386
@danstotland6386 6 месяцев назад
Herr, professor. Doktor Geiger, We, here, wish you and friends and family a very merry Christmas and all the best for the coming. celebration (also all the gang at this site) That X-mas fire was news for me. Also, I make note that I was NOT invited to the party. Sighhh!
@ronalddevine9587
@ronalddevine9587 6 месяцев назад
Thanks Lance, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
@jamesgudgeon4868
@jamesgudgeon4868 6 месяцев назад
🎉Merry Christmas to the History Guy 13:32
@jbrhel
@jbrhel 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you and yours THG.
@GRWINNER
@GRWINNER 6 месяцев назад
Merry christmas, Mr Lance!🎄♥️
@ricke.2205
@ricke.2205 5 месяцев назад
I'm a little late but, wish y'all at The History Guy had a Merry Christmas. Looking forward to a new year of The History Guy. God bless.
@eternalfizzer
@eternalfizzer 6 месяцев назад
Thank you and Merry Christmas! What a wonderful team you have!
@TM-ev2tc
@TM-ev2tc 6 месяцев назад
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🧑‍🎄 Didn't the Great Depression start in 1929 The Wall Street Crash. 1929 was a big year I guess.
@HM2SGT
@HM2SGT 6 месяцев назад
Indeed. End of October 1929, I'm not sure how long it took for the reality to set in
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 5 месяцев назад
Yes, the Great Depression began in 1929 and the effect was almost immediate due to the many bank runs and failures. Before federal insurance programs like the FDIC and FSLIC, many people lost their life savings in those bank failures.
@ytharper66
@ytharper66 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas! Sure enjoy your History lessons! Hey, that’s a good idea. You could do a historical series on the times our government lied to us! Things like the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. 😃
@blues730
@blues730 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas THG!! All the best from my family to yours.
@iamsuzerain3987
@iamsuzerain3987 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you and the intrepid THG crew🎄
@helenel4126
@helenel4126 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas! Never heard of this bit of history before. Thank you.
@susanbergquist3550
@susanbergquist3550 6 месяцев назад
A very Merry Christmas and hapy New Year! A big thanks for all of your hard work producing The History Guy, my favorite!!
@jeannedouglas9912
@jeannedouglas9912 5 месяцев назад
Thanks for reminding everyone.
@scottanddebranelson8419
@scottanddebranelson8419 6 месяцев назад
thanks again and Merry Christmas to you as well sir.
@b.visconti1765
@b.visconti1765 5 месяцев назад
WoW listening to you is interesting enough but the background objects you have behind you has really got my attention..too bad I couldn't get a longer closer look.. Merry Christmas
@bretmelton3823
@bretmelton3823 5 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@Nani-mw1sn
@Nani-mw1sn 5 месяцев назад
Thank you.
@arturowagner4728
@arturowagner4728 6 месяцев назад
Feliz Navidad, History Guy and family! Best wishes from Mexico!
@webblong9252
@webblong9252 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to Y'all at The History Guy. Ps Smokin hot episode🔥
@zenpunkchef
@zenpunkchef 5 месяцев назад
merry christmas to the history guy and the history family. thank you for all the wonderfull content you provide to us history buffs all year long.
@midsue
@midsue 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to the History Guy and your team 🎄❄️
@mikehill9888
@mikehill9888 6 месяцев назад
Thank you for the information 😊
@ChristineKane-on8bf
@ChristineKane-on8bf 5 месяцев назад
Thank you! Merry Christmas 🎄
@BenjySparky
@BenjySparky 6 месяцев назад
THG you rock! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Peace
@TerraVeritas
@TerraVeritas 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas, THG and family!
@patrickols
@patrickols 6 месяцев назад
Good video, one of your best…Merry Christmas to you sir and your family and everyone else
@MartyFox
@MartyFox 5 месяцев назад
A few years ago the White House Historical Association issued a Christmas ornament commemorating the Hoover Administration. It was shaped like a fire truck.
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 5 месяцев назад
I'm surprised it wasn't shaped like a dollar sign!
@adamedwards3921
@adamedwards3921 6 месяцев назад
MERRY CHRISTMAS H.G. , im sorry i dont recall ever hearing or you saying your name in videos ,and i tried looking in your RU-vid bio and community and couldt find it .
@bartsanders1553
@bartsanders1553 6 месяцев назад
His name is Lance Geiger. Merry Christmas!
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
@TheHistoryGuyChannel 6 месяцев назад
My name is Lance. www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-22/how-lance-geiger-became-a-youtube-star-with-the-history-guy
@navret1707
@navret1707 6 месяцев назад
Lance Geiger aka THG
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 6 месяцев назад
His first name is Lance.
@babecat2000
@babecat2000 5 месяцев назад
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Oh hey I am from St.Louis Area. Hi!
@andyeaton6903
@andyeaton6903 5 месяцев назад
Thank you!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤😂
@HM2SGT
@HM2SGT 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas! Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year and thanking you for all the Thrice weekly gifts. 🎅🎄🎁
@maryd9331
@maryd9331 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to all! Thanks for all the great info, both serious and entertaining! #PrayForPeace
@E.T.GARAGE
@E.T.GARAGE 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to THG and everyone else.
@kimhohlmayer7018
@kimhohlmayer7018 5 месяцев назад
I now adore Mrs. Hoover! I can say that I would have been an equally eager child had I been there then.
@retroguy9494
@retroguy9494 5 месяцев назад
Yea well, don't adore her too much! She had her issues and wasn't really a kind person. Especially when it came to people of the lower classes.
@haroldmcelwain1604
@haroldmcelwain1604 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas!!!!
@DFSJR1203
@DFSJR1203 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
@Jezeppi1
@Jezeppi1 5 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you as well. 🎉🎉🎉
@-.Steven
@-.Steven 5 месяцев назад
Thanks History Guy! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@Bambisgf77
@Bambisgf77 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas 2023 THG & family! 🎄☺️Having a binge session on all your Christmas videos!
@joelbrown3479
@joelbrown3479 5 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas to you and your family 😎😎😎
@darkmist65
@darkmist65 5 месяцев назад
And a very merry Christmas to you and yours
@frankgulla2335
@frankgulla2335 5 месяцев назад
Thank you, THG for a nice Christmas story.
@PhantomLover007
@PhantomLover007 6 месяцев назад
Awesome story. Hope you all have a merry Christmas.
@lisahinton9682
@lisahinton9682 5 месяцев назад
@PhantomLover007 Please find a new adjective. The English language has tens of thousands that mean "great." Please find a new one.
@c.w.johnsonjr6374
@c.w.johnsonjr6374 6 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas, History Guy! You should pitch this to Hallmark as a Christmas movie
@thommysides4616
@thommysides4616 5 месяцев назад
Merry Christmas dear brother. God bless you and yours!!!
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