Despite today today’s being Presidents Day, the bank was open so I took the opportunity to ask each customer whom I helped who their favorite president is. Some thought that it was an amusing question and laughed openly upon being asked. I can support this response to a point. Most people go about their business [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Theodore Roosevelt’
On the subject of PRESIDENTS and their DAYS
Posted: February 21, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: abraham lincoln, john adams, presidents day, Theodore Roosevelt
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Preliminary bull moosery
Posted: August 2, 2011 in 1884 Republican National Convention, Politics, Theodore RooseveltTags: 1884 Republican National Convention, Politics, Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt’s first real foray into national politics came in 1884 when he was sent to Chicago for the Republican National Convention. Prior to this, his political experience had consisted of working as a New York state assemblyman for two terms. His campaign for civil service reform – indeed, the elimination of corruption in all [...]
