Tag: Theodore Roosevelt
Facial Hair Friday: Movember
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, I don’t mean the frenzied season of gift-giving. I’m talking about November, the month when several of your friends who have maintained clean-shaven faces suddenly begin to grow mustaches. If you love facial hair, this is your time. Yes, it’s Movember! The month when men grow mustaches to [...]
Posted by Hilary on November 4, 2011, under Facial Hair Fridays, Uncategorized.
Tags: 70s, Edgar A. Poe, facial hair, Gen. George A. Custer, Grover Cleveland, Movember, mustache, Theodore Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt, what’s in your wallet?
Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884. She was the niece of former President Theodore Roosevelt, and later became the wife of future President Franklin D. Roosevelt (her fifth cousin). She is known for her role as First Lady during the Great Depression and World War II. She was the first woman in that [...]
Posted by Hilary on October 11, 2011, under - Great Depression, - Presidents, - Women's Rights, - World War I, - World War II, Unusual documents.
Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Theodore Roosevelt, wallet
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Facial Hair Friday: A really big mustache—and bathtub
Oh, President Taft. It was your birthday yesterday, and I just had to feature you here on Facial Hair Friday. You were one of the few Presidents that seemed to stick my brain when I was studying for the AP History exam. Important dates, key battles, our founding documents—I could barely keep those facts stuck to my [...]
Posted by Hilary on September 16, 2011, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: AP History, Articles of Confederation, bathtub, BIG!, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, facial hair friday, President Harding, Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Supreme Court, USS North Carolina
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Reverse the (Zero) Curse
When Ronald Reagan survived the attempt on his life on March 30, 1981, and went on to serve two full four-year terms, he broke what some people call “the year-ending-in-zero” curse. It goes like this: Every President elected in a year ending in zero since 1840 had died in office. William Henry Harrison, elected in [...]
Posted by Jim on March 30, 2011, under - Presidents, Myth or History.
Tags: abraham lincoln, andrew johnson, assassination, Calvin Coolidge, Chester A. Arthur, death, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George W. Bush, Harry S. Truman, James A. Garfield, John F. Kennedy, John Tyler, John Wilkes Booth, Lyndon B. Johnson, millard fillmore, Presidents, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, year-ending-in-zero curse, Zachary Taylor
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