Lets talk about Lou's accomplishments!

Throughout her life, Lou was very much her
husband's partner in everything he did.
When Prohibition became law , in 1930, Hoover
emptied his cellar of the finest port in California
"I don't have to live with the American people,"
he told a friend."But I do have to live with Lou."

As a Girl Scout leader, she adopted more than
a million girls, anxious to introduce them to the
outdoor world that she knew in her youth.



During her years with the Scouts, she served as
vice president and then president, on an honorary
basis. Lou is credited with the first sale of
Girl Scout cookies, in her 2nd term as president.

Lou, again!

Receiving an honorary degree at Wooster College
in Ohio, May 14, 1932.

While serving as President, Lou thought that
Hoover needed a place away from Washington to
relax, fish and enjoy nature. She found an ideal
spot "at the end of nowhere." In the Blue Ridge
Mountains.

Lou designed this and called it Camp Rapidan.

The big one!

Hoover was an avid fisherman!

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The Hoovers chose to retire in New York City,
in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Circa 1950.

Home consisted of four rooms, one of them set
aside for up to five secretaries. Here Hoover
conducted the largest and, arguably, the most
productive ex-presidency in U.S. history.
At the age of 86 Hoover traveled thousands of miles,
delivered twenty speeches and accepted the latest
of his 468 awards and citations. Hoover said
"There is no joy to be had from retirement except
some kind of productive work. Otherwise you
degenerate into talking to everybody about your
pains and pills. The point is not to retire from
work or you will shrivel up into a nuisance
to all mankind."

The renowned American Journalist, Walter Lippmann
once said, "In war and peace alike, Hoover's
real self was the bold and brilliant
philantropist who binds up wounds and avoids
inflicting them."

Lou Henry Hoover died in New York City
on January 7, 1944, of a heart attack. For the
rest of his life Herbert lived in the
Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. He wrote as many
as 30 books, during his lifetime!



Herbert Clark Hoover's death in 1964, at age 90
ended a lifetime of public service. He left his
mark on American life and the institution
that bears his name.

They are buried at the Herbert Hoover
National Historic Site at his childhood home in
West Branch, Iowa.

Because of their Quaker faith, they wanted no
elaborate tombstones.

Another view.

The Visitor Center.

The Hoover Library.

I wish to thank my good friend Texandy and my
daughter Camilla, for their wonderful help!

U.S.A Drifters


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