Bill Petro

Joined January 2021

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Writer, historian, consultant, trainer

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History of Presidential Inaugurations
In 1933 it seemed that a four-month transition between an outgoing “lame-duck” president who was voted out in November and a new administration starting in March was too long.
By Bill Petro2 years ago in The Swamp
History of Presidential Transitions
We think that our most current change in Presidential administration is contentious. But our national history has seen worse. And it goes back over 200 years to the third Presidential election, and several since then.
By Bill Petro2 years ago in The Swamp
History of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Born on January 15, 1929, we celebrate a holiday in honor of a man who was not a president, nor an explorer, nor a saint. Rather he was a Baptist minister and an American leader of the 1960s civil rights movement named for the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther after his father was inspired by a trip to Luther’s Wittenberg.
By Bill Petro2 years ago in The Swamp