Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818, and although we don’t know the exact day, he chose the 14th for himself, so happy 200th! Among a lifetime of struggles and accomplishments the likes of which I, and most people today,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Know-Nothing movement came to fruition in the mid-1850s as a secret society that believed that a Catholic invasion was taking over the United States through an influx of Irish and German immigrants. The name comes from when members stated[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
William Rufus King was the highest serving person from Alabama, having served as Vice President to Franklin Pierce. Fun fact! He was roommates with James Buchanan for over a decade and most of their letters to one another were destroyed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
111 years ago on November 9, 1906, Theodore Roosevelt (sort of) became the first sitting President to visit another country.
Yesterday’s comic was posted late, so if you missed that one, make sure you click back to it. My energy level after Politicon (which was a blast, by the way, and I’m writing a full report of it) delayed the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Theodore Roosevelt never liked Woodrow Wilson that much.
Today marks 95 years since Chief Justice and former President William Howard Taft dedicated the completed Lincoln Memorial and Warren G. Harding accepted it on behalf of the American people. I’ll do a sequel in five years.
