Rise of the Three-Headed President: Lincoln Landing, Lockport, Illinois
Lots of towns promote events or historic sites connected to the Great Emancipator, but the town of Lockport has outdone them all. Their Lincoln statue has three heads.
Here Lies Oswald’s Apartment
Could we eventually see the National Park Service declare a "President _____'s College Apartment" a historic site? "This is where he or she partied too hard one night," the guide would say, and we'd never be able to look at the commander in chief the same way again.
George Washington, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: The Heald Square Monument, Chicago
Attention Jeff Tweedy of Wilco: George Washington is an American aquarium drinker, and he is trying to break your heart.
Harps are back in the closet: George H.W. Bush is getting better
President Bush, the germs will push you to get sick, and you'll say no, and they'll push, and you'll say no, and they'll push again, and you must say to them, "Read my lips: no new illnesses."
My Sweet Ford
President Ford once had lunch with George Harrison, Billy Preston and Ravi Shankar. Cause, yeah.
The Lincoln Watermelon: Lincoln, IL
Who knew a president - especially one as well known as Abraham Lincoln - could be represented by fruit?
My kind of town
I spent part of today in Chicago enjoying world-class wind chill and dropping by a few of the city's presidential statues.
Gerald R. Ford House
A house says a lot about a person, and that's often the case when the person in question is a president. Gerald Ford's house in Alexandria reveals him to be a suburban dad. A regular guy. Just like you figured, right?
This is what the “Lincoln” movie should’ve been about
I appreciate the great struggle to rid the country of slavery as much as anyone, but that story is somewhat well-worn ground. Wouldn't it have been even more interesting to see Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis take on the tale of Lincoln and the elephants?
US Presidents in Video Games: The Top Five Moments
Never has a bond been more unbreakable than the one between video games and presidents. President Ronnie in Bad Dudes (as shown above). President Solidus Snake in Metal Gear Solid [...]