Tag Archives: U.S. Presidents

“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.

A less famous portrait of President Washington.

“It has been named ‘Billy Possum,’ and for the present is to be retained in Rebecca’s cage.”

“[S]aved from death by President Coolidge’s distaste for that particular delicacy.”