Fun Facts: From Kinderhook, NY, nicknamed “Old Kinderhook” aka “O.K.”; started the U.S. Treasury; sported the greatest sideburns in the history of the office READ MORE
Fun Facts: Nicknamed “Old Hickory”, Jackson insisted the world was flat; had a pet parrot that had to be removed from his funeral because it kept cursing. READ MORE
Fun Facts: Liked to skinny dip in the Potomac on mornings during his presidency; first president to have his photograph taken; loved to garden READ MORE
Fun Facts: Had a bullet lodged in his shoulder from the Revolutionary War; Daughter Marcia was the first child of a president to be married in the White House; First president to ever travel on a steamship. READ MORE
Fun Facts: The smallest president ever at 5’4″ and 100 lbs; His wife Dolley saved the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington (and other treasures) from the White House when the British set it on fire in the War of 1812; The bakery snack line “Dolly Madison” was named for her in 1937, with the slogan “Cakes and pastries fine enough to serve at the White House.” READ MORE
Q: Do you have any tips how to store original art? How do you store your drawings? How do you protect them against men, mice, bugs and time?¬¨‚Ć A: Everything on your list of things to protect against is quite easy to do after you have completed a piece of art… the exception is time. That you need to think about before you draw a single line. Protecting originals is pretty easy and straightforward. You simpy keep them dry, clean and contained so nothing can get to them. Container stores and places like Target or office supply stores cary a wide range of plastic tubs… READ MORE
Fun Facts: Designed his family home and called it “Monticello”, had a pet mockingbird named Dick who took food from Jefferson’s lips. READ MORE
Fun Facts: First president to live in the White House, his wife Abigail hung laundry out to dry in the unfinished East Room. READ MORE
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