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war effort and it became known as the ‘Hot Dog Summit’ and the ‘Picnic that won the war’. Roosevelt was paralyzed by polio and had a retreat home built in Warm Springs GA called the Little White House. He visited the Little White House over 41 times
and had a stone barbecue grill built overlooking Pine Mountain. He would often visit the barbecue grill to on ponder everything from the New Deal relief programs to research and development of the Atom bomb during WWII. Roo- sevelt was at the Little White House looking for- ward to his favorite barbe- cue meal including Brunswick stew when he suffered a stroke and died on April 12, 1945.
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Harry Truman (1945-1953) Truman is considered the first mod- ern citizen president, holding many different jobs before the of- fice. His whistle-stop presidential campaign stopped in 250 cities covering 22,000 miles and ‘eating more barbecue then was good for any one man” to capture the biggest upset in US presidential election. He had a no-nonsense mid-western attitude and is quoted as saying that “no man should be president who doesn’t understand hogs”. His hometown is outside of Kansas City MO were cattle is king (and BBQ is prince) and is home to Kansas City BBQ style, burnt ends, American Royal World Series of Barbecue and the Kansas
City Barbecue So- ciety (KCBS). Dotty Griffin named Kansas City the Constan- tinople of barbe- cue because of the multiple meat in- fluences that meet there. The Tru- man’s knew a thing or two about barbecue and pub- lished the recipe for their own bar- becue sauce. B.Q.Score 4
Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961) Eisenhower was one of few 5- Star army generals and was the Supreme Commander of the Al- lied Forces during WWII. He signed the Civil Rights Act into law and created the Interstate Highway System. He was president during the baby boom and suburban sprawl where over 20 million families moved into neighborhoods outside major cities. New technologies, low prices and better transportation created an at- tainable American Dream and the ‘Golden Age of Barbecue’. Mag- azines like Life and Look popularized the good life where higher wages and increased leisure time was spent in idyllic backyards with white picket fences, kids playing and dad at the barbecue grill were broadcasted on television and magazines across the country. Eisenhower was an avid sportsman and enjoying fishing,
golfing, and grilling. He demonstrated his com- mand of the grill by being first president to put a portable barbecue grill on the porch of The White House and was often pictured grilling out with family and friends. After leav- ing the presidency he remained visible and was often seen enjoy- ing outdoor activities and cooking out.
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John Kennedy (1961-1963) Kennedy’s charismatic personality and idealistic goals made him very popular in media culture and created great public interest in his life. Kennedy was a decorated war hero, wrote Pulitzer Prize winning book, and became the youngest person to be elected president. He is reasonable for the Peace Corps, Civil
Right s Act of 1964, Equal Employment Op- portunity, and chal- lenged the United States to put a man on the moon. He was from New England and regu- larly attended clam bakes. Just like barbe-
cue, clam bakes are a Native American cook- ing tradition that goes back over 2000 years. Kennedy’s greatest barbecue connection was the one that never happened. He was travelling through Dal- las TX on his way to LBJ ranch for a barbe- cue dinner when he was assassinated on November 23, 1963. B.Q. Score 2
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