George Washington made it clear he didn’t want to be treated, addressed or in any other way thought of as a King. He was the President of a democracy. And although regal in his public demeanor, he took no actions… Read More ›
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All The Presidents’ Birthdays: Dance Balls to Movie Star Fundraisers in 90 Rare Photos
For several generations a popular story about St. James Church made the rounds of the Hudson River Valley community. One Sunday, an old Republican matriarch member was mortified to find her pews crammed with complete strangers, gawking and waiting for… Read More ›
Presidents in Drag: Under Cartoon Petticoats A Subversive Sexism
In this Halloween season, there’s no better time to look back at what is perhaps the most peculiar propensity of the past presidency. Unknown to most Americans is the custom, begun in 1840 of male Presidential candidates and Presidents cross-dressing as… Read More ›
White House Staff Reveal Private Life of Presidents & First Ladies
The new book, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by former Bloomberg News reporter Kate Brower, is making waves. The media dustup is not just over the book’s personal revelations about recent Presidents and First Ladies,… Read More ›
President Claus: The Chief Executive as Santa
Both are invested with powers that reach mythological proportions. Simply by the title they hold, each represents a long history of various traditions and customs which is nothing less than their duty to carry out. Within the seemingly secret realms… Read More ›
Sleeping with the President: A Peek at All Their Private Bedrooms & Beds
It’s the most private space in the home of us all, the bedroom. And yet, like everything else, when it comes to the Presidents of the United States, nothing is sacred – not even a peek inside their bedrooms and… Read More ›
Adams Snubs Washington’s Birthday & His Snarky Top 10 List on GW
The second President liked the first President well enough, but he wasn’t all gaga about having The Great One’s birthday celebrated with dance parties, fireworks and parades. In fact, if any one President would surely take fiendish pleasure in knowing… Read More ›
Kitten-Loving Lincoln & His White House Cat Team (Cats in the White House, Part 2)
There was no question he was an intelligent man and a sensitive one. It is hardly a surprise how he reverentially treated animals. In fact, before he left Springfield, Illinois for what would be hist last time home, president-elect Abraham… Read More ›
Five Presidents Who Went to War & Killed Themselves For It: Lincoln(Part 1)
It won’t be the first time – and it’s likely not to be the last. If, as the currently unfolding situation suggests, President Barack Obama determines an incursion of military action into blood-soaked embattled Syria, he will join a long… Read More ›
The Untold Mary Lincoln Story Spielberg Couldn’t Show & None Seem to Know
A week after President’s Day and during Black History Month, the Academy Award ceremony brings renewed focus on Best Supporting Actress-nominee Sally Field’s portrayal of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in screenwriter Tony Kushner’s and director Steven Spielberg’s masterful feature… Read More ›
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