Presidential Randoms

February Birthdays 12 - Abraham Lincoln 22 - George Washington 6 - Ronald Reagan 9 - William Henry Harrison #Presidents #birthday #PresidentsDay

#Birthright Citizenship: Future #President James Madison May 22, 1789  “It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth, however, derives its force sometimes from place and sometimes from parentage; but in general, place is the most certain criterion.” – at United States

#Trump #Biden #president How we do it.

President Trump to re-re-name Mount Denali after 25th President, McKinley. Alaskans called it Denali for many centuries. It was named "McKinley" (Officially) by President Wilson to honor the assassinated former president. President Obama later named it to honor Alaskan history. – at United States

#JimmyCarterFuneral #PresidentCarter #obamatrump – at United States

W in frat boy mode. – at Queens, NY

The last time U.S. flags flew half-staff during a presidential inauguration was Nixon’s 2nd in 1973. President Truman died 26 days before festivities. LBJ passed away 2 days into the event, and Nixon re-ordered them to a position of mourning. #InaugurationDay #carter #halfstaff – at United States

NASA Released President Jimmy Carters message for Aliens aboard Voyager 1 Quite beautiful. #NASA #PresidentCarter #president – at United States

James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Oct 1, 1924 - Dec 29, 2024 39th President of the United States #JimmyCarter #president #RIP – at United States

W/Data finalized - The year to year #turnout shifts over the last 15 Presidential elections. #Election 2024: -1.75% 2020: +6.5% 2016: +1.5% 2012: -3% 2008: +1.5% 2004: +5.9% 2000: +2.5% 1996: -6.4% 1992: +5.3% 1988: -2.4% 1984: +1% 1980: +0.6% 1976: -1.4% 1972: -6.3% 1968: -0.3% – at United States

Jimmy Carter - The longest post Presidency. 44 yrs since he left office! Context: If Lincoln lived until WW1 If Madison lived until the Civil War If Eisenhower experienced 9/11 If Harrison saw his grandson become president. If Kennedy saw Covid If Biden lives until 2068 😳 – at United States

POLITICAL PARTIES in the course of time, are potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men subvert the power of the people and usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying the very engines which lifted them to unjust dominion. -George Washington – at United States

#Crowd Size? How bout audience size? 1861, Lincolns Inaugural Address was printed on pamphlets! 1921, WG Harding was the 1st President to use loudspeakers for his address! 1925, Coolidges Inaugural was 1st broadcast by radio! 1949, Truman was 1st to deliver his address on TV! – at United States

Hiroshima #OTD On August 6, 1945, during World War II, under #President Truman's command, the U.S. B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on #Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in at least 140,000 deaths. #WW2 – at United States

50 Years ago today #OTD 1974 The "Smoking Gun" The White House released transcripts of court recordings showing that President Richard Nixon and his COS discussed a plan in 1972 to use the CIA to interfere with the FBI’s Watergate investigation; this led to Nixon's resignation. – at United States