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We went to Old 76 House in Tappan, N.Y. – it was the place where the British gave [George] Washington the order to leave the city. When we started this journey, we knew that bar had history, but were surprised how much of American history occurred in bars. Thomas Jefferson was in a bar when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. Public houses were integral to society.
There's George Washington, who led the revolution. Then John Adams made his own contribution. Thomas Jefferson, Jameses Madison and Monroe. John Quincy Adams, the first father-son duo...
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friends, he said, called him “creepy Eddie.” “But of course the greatest figure associated with U.Va. is your founder, Thomas Jefferson – TJ, Prez Tommy Jeff, the freckly anti-federalist, Louisiana purchee, old Bible slicer, or as most Americans know him, 6:11 AM from The Washington Post Read more »
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of America rejoiced in 2008 when the sharpest and most intelligent president since Thomas Jefferson was elected. Unlike George W. Bush, whose gentleman’s C’s would highlight his intelligence, we now had a constitutional law school professor. Barack Obama promised from The State Read more »
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