President's Day

Can you name all 44 US Presidents? Most people can't. When I was in 8th grade my teacher had a great way to get us to remember all the presidents. It was pictures that would "lead" us to the presidents. So for example, the first picture was of a washing machine (Washington). Then if you opened the washing machine there were a ton of atoms in it (Adams). Then the chef's son (Jefferson) wanted to cook one of the atoms. It continued on through all of the US presidents. I don't remember the entire thing because I missed a good chunk in the middle when I had to get pulled out of the class room - so if anyone knows where I can get this, please let me know!

On another note, let us learn more about the Presidents!

- Even though we have had 44 presidents, only 43 people have actually been president. Grover Cleveland was our 22nd and 24th president.

-The tallest president was Lincoln and 6'4" and Madison was the shortest at 5'4"

- James Buchanan was the only president to never marry.

- 8 presidents died in office, out of those 4 were assassinated.

- Three presidents have died on the 4th of July (Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe) and One was born (Coolidge).

- Eisenhower was the only president to serve in both WWI and WWII.

- Every member of Teddy Roosevelt's family owned a pair of stilts,including the first lady.

- William Taft was the heaviest president, getting stuck in the white house bathtub.

- Woodrow Wilson would paint golf balls black during the winter so he could continue playing golf in the snow.

- Gerald Ford is the only president to become Vice President and President without being elected by the people.

- Andrew Jackson was the only president to have the national debt fully paid, but it only lasted a year.

- Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital.

- James Garfield was the first left-handed president.

- Benjamin Harrison was so afraid of electric lights that he would have the white house staff turn them on and off.

So there you have it! Happy Presidents Day!

Erin
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