From Mental Floss: President No. 2: John Adams spoke with a lisp because he stubbornly refused to wear dentures. President No. 4: James Madison was hardly an imposing figure. Our shortest president, he was not quite 5-ft., 5-in.-tall and weighed only 100 lbs. President No. 5: In 1831, James Monroe became the third founding...
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Some Interesting Facts About Presidents
Faith of the Founders
Well, it’s not quite Presidents’ Day anymore, but this article on Deism from a while back in First Things is sublime. It’s always been quite frustrating to listen to atheists or “Christian-nationists” try to twist the beliefs of the Founders to suit their own personalities and politics. Their views were simply much more complicated...
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