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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 2 Oct 2017

    FDR inspects construction of Grand Coulee Dam, on Columbia River, Washington, 80 years ago today:pic.twitter.com/HmGwsBWCVa

    8:20 AM - 2 Oct 2017
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      2. Chris 2.0‏ @Bobnado 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        This seems like it might have been logistically difficult to construct.

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      3. TheRealZnachki‏ @TheRealZnachki 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Bobnado @BeschlossDC

        You can read more about it here:http://www.historylink.org/File/7264 

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      1. Michelle Belanger‏ @MysteryHB 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        This song was commissioned by the Interior Department for a movie about the damhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vLZOKshJPs …

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      1. MavisAmundson‏ @Mavis_Amundson 2 Oct 2017
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        Proud to say my father helped build Grand Coulee dam. He loved to say he was a cat-skinner, meaning he drove a caterpillar. Irish. Great guy

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      1. Frank Amari‏ @FrankAmari2 2 Oct 2017
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        From an era in which government was not seen as "the problem."

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      2. Street Drovez ™️‏ @SvvanIsNovember 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @PortOfPortland @Warrenton_Fire like Mississippi River of Vvest, kinda

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      3. Street Drovez ™️‏ @SvvanIsNovember 2 Oct 2017
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        @NezPerceNP starts in same Dakotas

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      4. Street Drovez ™️‏ @SvvanIsNovember 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @SvvanIsNovember @BeschlossDC and

        @FtVancouverNPS covld be Alberta toopic.twitter.com/kCFbvuQBXD

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      5. Street Drovez ™️‏ @SvvanIsNovember 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @SvvanIsNovember @BeschlossDC and

        @USPS different sides/same Gitche

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      6. Street Drovez ™️‏ @SvvanIsNovember 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @SvvanIsNovember @BeschlossDC and

        @timberlinelodge @Disney #2ndqvarterFDRpic.twitter.com/uNnmPDAGJE

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      7. Street Drovez ™️‏ @SvvanIsNovember 2 Oct 2017
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        @TJMonticello #Jeffersonianlegacies

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      1. Michelle Belanger‏ @MysteryHB 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Cool photo, just the same.

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      1. Michelle Belanger‏ @MysteryHB 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Quite a feat of engineering, but not good for everyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Coulee_Dam#Environmental_and_social_consequences …

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      1. Vic Volpe‏ @tPfit87ter 2 Oct 2017
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        ...with Fed Govt critics who come out of the woodwork when a project ("boondoggle") is initiated.

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      1. Vic Volpe‏ @tPfit87ter 2 Oct 2017
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        ...provide industry (aircraft and I think shipbuilding) with electric power in the Pacific Northwest. Something to keep in mind with Fed...

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      1. Vic Volpe‏ @tPfit87ter 2 Oct 2017
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        I think it was initially constructed to help agriculture in the area; but, was completed just before the outbreak of WWII and was used to...

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      1. Musashi Mushin‏ @SinePari318 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Any photos of him inspecting the many internment camps holding U.S. citizens? #ExecutiveOrder9066

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      1. Paul Nowicki‏ @wolfbearpack 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        A segment of the country referred to him only, as "that man!" It was, though, still an age of civility and dignity in government.

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      1. Dave Nelson‏ @dnelly54 2 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Back in the day when the USA had a real POTUS!#32🇱🇷🙏

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