Tag Archives: U.S. Presidents

A special Justin and Justina dialogue to commemorate 999 full articles at The New Leaf Journal.

Four Presidents — Hiram ULYSSES Grant, Stephen GROVER Cleveland, Thomas WOODROW Wilson, and John CALVIN Coolidge — effectively used their middle names as first names. In this article, I examine each of these interesting presidential name cases.

The Bush Clinton Playground is named for one failed presidential candidate, but that is not why the name is memorable.

“He is the son of our present minister to Prussia, who is a close personal friend of Senator Trumbull and myself. We are not willing for the boy to be shot…”

A comprehensive guide to every Thanksgiving Proclamation in the Philippines (1935-1984)

“Though our mode of life has greatly changed, [the Thanksgiving] custom has always survived.”

The first Veterans Day proclamation.

A death mask of the fifth President of the United States, James Monroe.

A look at the artist who crafted life masks of eminent Americans from the early Republic.

The July 4 death and extraordinary life of James Monroe, the 5th President of the United States.

President Biden was born closer to Lincoln’s assassination than to his own inauguration. This inspired a study…

Victor V. Gurbo names all of his video game characters RICHARD NIXON. I had this in mind when I saw a NIXON truck.