Fun Facts: Loved to play the piano; has no middle name, the “S” stands for nothing; met his future wife Bess at Sunday School when he was six years old READ MORE
Fun Facts- His famous Scottish terrier “Fala”‘s full name was “Murray the Outlaw of Falahill”; FDR ordered that only he could ever feed his beloved dog; Fala was buried alongside the president and a statue of him with FDR is featured in Washington DC’s Franklin Roosevelt Memorial, Fala is the only presidential pet so honored. READ MORE
Fun Facts- There was nothing fun about Herbert Hoover. READ MORE
Fun Facts- A practical joker, he once rang for all the White House servants and then disappeared leaving them to look for him; exercised on an electric horse in the White House; had many exotic pets including a raccoon named “Rebecca” READ MORE
The last few Decembers I have been part of a group of fellow cartoonists that have traveled to the beautiful city of Boise, ID to help raise money for a wonderful organization called the Wyakin Warriors Foundation. The WW supports wounded U.S. soldiers by not just paying for their post-service education, but by supporting them in every meaningful way to give them the tools to complete their education and get jobs in their fields. According to recent statistics, only 10% of wounded veterans manage to finish school after leaving the service. The WW graduation rate? 100%. That’s because of the incredible support system they have… READ MORE
Fun Facts: Had so many clothes new closets had to be built into the White House; Once gambled away a whole set of White House china; had the biggest feet of any president with size 14 shoes READ MORE
Fun Facts: Kept sheep on the White House lawn, one of them, named “Old Ike”, liked to chew tobacco; He was the first president to get a ph.D READ MORE
Fun Facts: Famously the fattest president ever, Taft weighed over 300 lbs and had to have a special bathtub installed in the White House that was big enough to hold four people; loved baseball and started the tradition of the president throwing out the first pitch of the league’s Opening Day READ MORE
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