 |
 |
|||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|||||
|
Little Known Presidential Facts | |
||||
|
On June 20, 1789, George Washington (who had been
President for only 50 days) underwent emergency surgery for the removal
of a life-threatening infected tumor deep in his left thigh. It was
diagnosed by attending physician Dr. Samuel Bard as anthrax. Five days
after surgery, the President’s fever had faded, to the immense
relief of everyone. On
June 24, 1824, a notice in the Raleigh (NC) Gazette offered a $10
reward for the return of one Andrew
Johnson, a “very fleshy, freckled face, light
hair, and fair complexion” boy who is an apprentice “legally
bound.” This act soon led a teenage Andrew Johnson to flee to
Greenville, TN, where he was to establish the A. Johnson, Tailor Shop. On
December 27, 1858, Disciples of Christ minister and Hiram College
(OH) President, James
A. Garfield enters into a five-day debate with John
Denton, a noted “Freethinker” in an early Creation/Evolution
discourse at Chagrin Falls, OH. Garfield’s successful demonstration
of debating skill brought him to the attention of political leaders
in Ohio’s Western Reserve. A political career, rather than one
in theology or education, was the result.
|
|
On April 13, 1905, during the “Great Wolf Hunt” in the “Big Pasture” near Frederick, OK, Teddy Roosevelt rode up on a huge rattlesnake. Undaunted he was off his horse after it. The rattlesnake struck at him several times, but with an expert stroke struck from his 18” quirt, the President of the United States snapped off the rattlers head. a Daily Leader, Frederick, OK On January 30, 1934, President’s Birthday Balls were held in cities across the country. “This is the happiest day I have ever known” said President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a radio broadcast to the balls, which raised $1,016,443 for the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, the forerunner of “The March of Dimes.” |
||||
 |
||||||