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It's hard to believe, but some people forget that I'm a big ol' honkin' nerd. Not just about words, but knowledge in general.
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George Washington operated a whiskey distillery at Mount Vernon after leaving the presidency. William Howard Taft became chief justice of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt went on a wild ...
In 1755, George Washington had horses shot out from beneath him at the Battle of the Monongahela. “[I] now exist and appear in the land of the living by the miraculous care of Providence that ...
Yesterday, I wrote about how George Washington and Donald Trump reacted to bullets missing them. I thought to check on two other Presidents who survived assassination attempts. On October 14, 1912 ...
The busts of US Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln tower over the Black ...
Theodore Roosevelt modeled himself after U.S. Grant. Franklin Roosevelt was a great admirer of his fifth cousin, Theodore Roosevelt. Lyndon Johnson and Joe Biden aimed to be latter-day Franklin ...
Theodore Roosevelt, who served as a Republican, was running in 1912 as the Progressive Party candidate, battling incumbent Republican President Howard Taft and Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson.
One hundred and twelve years ago, Theodore Roosevelt was campaigning to return to the presidency when a gunman opened fire. He gave his speech anyway with a bullet in his chest.
President Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City on Oct. 27, 1858, and went on to live a giant life as war hero and youngest U.S. president, with a legacy that still impacts the nation.