Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I salute Hoang Nhu Tran. Age nine, he escaped with his family when South Vietnam fell to the communists. After excelling at high school in Colorado, he was nominated to the Air Force Academy by Republican Senator William Armstrong. May 27th 1987, the cadet graduated as class valedictorian. Tran next was a Rhodes Scholar in England and attended Harvard Medical School. After military service, Dr. Tran became an orthopedic surgeon practicing near Sacramento. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a YouTube Video about this article. Here is a TikTok Video about this article. Here is an Instagram Video about this article. H...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I appreciate Republican advances toward world peace. May 26th 1972, President Richard Nixon met in Moscow with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev. They signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. After more than two years of negotiations, the nations had agreed, for the first time, to limit their arsenals of nuclear missiles. They also placed restrictions on anti-ballistic missile systems. Senate ratification came less than three months later. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a YouTube Video about this article. Here is a TikTok Video about this article. Here is an Instagram Video about this article. Here is my Substack about...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I appreciate the Lacey Act of 1900, the first nationwide law for protecting wildlife, fish and plants. It banned the conveyance across state lines of endangered species. A motivation for this law was the over-hunting of birds for their feathers, to make hats. Republican Representative John Lacey introduced the bill, saying: "There is a compensation in the distribution of plants, birds, and animals by the God of nature.  Man’s attempt to change and interfere often leads to serious results. We have given an awful exposition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. Let us now give an example of wise conservation of what remains of the gifts of nature." The GOP-controlled 56th Congress passed it, and President William McKinley signed it on May 26th. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rig...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I commemorate the Public Buildings Act of 1926. President Calvin Coolidge signed it on May 25th. The bill had been sponsored by two Republicans, Senator Bert Fernald and Representative Richard Elliott, and passed by the GOP-controlled 69th Congress. The law appropriated $50 million for constructing federal buildings in Washington, DC. This would bring rise to Federal Triangle as well as the Supreme Court edifice. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, overseeing the project, selected the architects and mandated the neoclassical style, with limestone facades and classical colonnades. Also appropriated was $100 million for federal office buildings and post offices throughout the country. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our par...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor John Brady, born in New York City, May 25th 1847. Age eight, he ran away from home to escape abuse from his alcoholic widowed father. Theodore Roosevelt Sr, father of the future president, rescued the child, placing him on an orphan train . These were charities that transported destitute children from cities to foster homes in rural areas. His adoptive father was an Indiana lawyer soon to become a Republican state legislator. Brady graduated from Yale University and Union Theological Seminary. He relocated to Alaska in 1878, to minister among the natives while operating a sawmill and a trading post. President Chester Arthur named him a judge. President William McKinley appointed him Territorial Governor. Brady served eight years. He endeavored to preserve native culture, and displayed totem poles at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Later years focus...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Lucius Chittenden, born in Vermont, May 24th 1824. His newspaper, Free Soil Courier , denounced the Democratic Party for promoting slavery. As a Republican, this prudent banker won a state senate term. Abraham Lincoln named him Register of the U.S. Treasury. It was Chittenden who persuaded the President to pardon a soldier sentenced to death for sleeping on guard duty. Notably, this dedicated public servant signed an astounding 12,500 bond certificates, for sale in England to finance the Union war effort. Later years, he practiced law in New York City. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a YouTube Video...