October 2, 2019 (Tuesday)Andrew Jackson disliked the Electoral College concept and wanted to do away with it. Who could blame him? The intricate system caused him to lose the election in 1824 to Adams. He found satisfaction, however, in a rematch with Adams in 1828, with a landslide victory. He was very popular. Andrew Jackson […]
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James Monroe – 5th President
October 2, 2019 (Wednesday) This blog is copied from “America’s Story,” a web site published by the Library of Congress. Jame Monroe, our 5th president (1817-1825), was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginiam and died on July 4, 1831, in New York, New York Monroe is perhaps best known for establishing the […]
A Sermon in Song
Harry S. Truman – 33rd President
May 12, 2020 (Tuesday) Harry S. Truman was born May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri, and died December 26, 1972 in Independence, Missouri. The “S” does not stand for anything. It comes from his grandfathers’ names. He was the only president in the 1900s who did not attend college. He married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace and […]
John Quincy Adams – 6th President
October 02, 2019 (Wednesday) * You know already, I’m sure, that our sixth president was the son of the second president. His father, John Adams, was Vice-President when George Washington was President, and was the only one of the first five presidents who was not from Virginia. Like his father, John Quincy Adams was from […]