Picture of president hanging in the Walton's home

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How many of you have been in a home that had/has a picture of the current president hanging in the home?

I have never hung a picture like that and other then maybe my grandparents. I have not seen one.

[wetherwacky]

I don't recall that. Where was it in the home? I knew Ike had one in his store, but I don't remember it at the Waltons' home. Sharp eye, Carol!

[ncwaltonsfan]

I've always noticed that the Walton family had a framed picture of FDR hanging in their living room. I guess I sort of borrowed from the Waltons. I have a framed picture of Ronald Reagan hanging on my wall.

[Tonyray]

I remember my grandparents had a picture JFK when he was president.

[wetherwacky]

JFK was a courageous man. Even in spite of his being a womanizer, I think he was a great president. He attempted by executive order to get rid of the Federal Reserve and re-back our dollar by a precious metal, silver. With nothing to back up the U.S. Dollar, inflation wracks our currency. FDR confiscated all the gold in the '30s, but JFK tried to replace it with silver in 1963.

After Kennedy was killed and Johnson took over, the silver backed-dollars vanished out of circulation. Executive order 11,110 amazed me when I learned of it. I realized that President Kennedy was greater than I knew. Imagine trying to buck the status quo like that! No other President since John has tried to enforce the order he made, or the Constitutional mandate that says our currency must be backed by something.

[skipper]

I don't want to be funny but my great Aunt (Ma Tante) had a picture of Pope Jean Paul in her living room

[Ryan James]

I've noticed that photo too. (It's hanging by the set of living room stairs as soon as you'd walk in the house from off the porch wetherwacky) I wonder where it is now?? Would be a very cool movie prop to own! I HAVE a couple of Autographed photos of the Bush's but have never hung them up. ;D

RYAN J.

[Tracey]

When my mother was in the ICU, my youngest sister's friend made a fake sunflower with Barrack Obama's face in the bud section since ICU won't allow real flower. In their home they have a real picture of Pope John Paul hanging in their bedroom.

[chrisusa]

My inlaws have a picture of Jimmy Carter it is autographed to my father in law. I ask Mr. Carter to do that for him. He is a WW 2 vet.

[skipper]

I guess my great aunt was not the only person with a picture of the Pope then. Thanks Tracey

[linday]

Hi, Tracey--A lot of Catholics had a photo of the Pope in their homes. When I was a kid, it was also not uncommon for a Catholic family to have a picture of John F. Kennedy in their homes. People do not realize how much Kennedy's election was like Barack Obama's. Up to that time there had never been a Catholic in the White House. (Al Smith ran in the 1920s, but he was defeated partially because people did not want a "Papist" in the White House.) Even when Kennedy won there were people who were predicting that now that a Catholic was president the Pope was going to take over the USA! (I kid you not.)

Photos of FDR were also very common in Depression-era homes. Most folks like my parents believed that if FDR had not been elected, they would have starved. He was a great idol back then.

[skipper]

I guess Ma Tante was in good company then with her Pope picture.
President Obama was in Ottawa this past week and he caused quite the sensation when he got out of his car to accept a "beaver tail" (a pastry of sorts very popular in Ottawa during our Winterlude). He also went into a few shops in our Byward Market to buy gifts for his daughters. Please see the link to this story. I do not remember the Kennedy Administration but have heard of the similarities between the two. I think Ottawa gave him 2 thumbs up.

www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Obama+stops+sweets+treats/1307528/story.html