Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Friday August 4, 1921. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Cantwell Wallace meets members of the Boys and Girls Club of Maryland.


There are two Henry Wallace's that are figures in American history, and they are father and son.

Henry Cantwell Wallace was Harding's Secretary of Agriculture, dying in office in 1924 at age 58.

His son would also go on to be a Secretary of Agriculture and then Franklin Roosevelt's Vice President.  He is much better known, in part due to his extreme left wing views.

The Boys and Girls Club dates its origin back to 1860.  Originally it was generally known as the Boys Club.  This leaves me wondering if this was two clubs, or if the Maryland organization had anticipated a coed club long before most of the country did.

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