Description: George Washington was known for his horsemanship, and (according to several biographers) for his amazingly muscular thighs. Whether you're belting Hamilton lyrics or reading old thigh-happy biographies of Washington, wearing this in public is sure to be an interesting social experiment.
Description: This design is perfect for the history lover who feels like they're living in the Upside Down. Though John Adams didn't invent this famous quote, he famously used it in 1770 when he defended British soldiers for their role in the Boston Massacre, saying "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
Description: As the first Vice President of the United States, John Adams was sometimes called "Daddy Vice," a term he even used himself. Like kids passing notes in class, a Congressman once passed a note with this poem making fun of Adams: "I’ll tell in a trice- ‘Tis old Daddy Vice Who carries of pride an ass-load; Who turns up his nose, Wherever he goes, With vanity swelled like a toad." With this design you can set quite the vice precedent by marrying the best of 1790s New York and 1980s Miami.
Description: Championed as the successor to the Teddy Bear, the Billy Possum was a stuffed toy inspired by a famous possum dinner honoring William Howard Taft. Somehow, Billy Possum did not replace the teddy bear in the hearts of the nation's children, but the story of the wild efforts to promote this toy did make for one of our favorite episodes.
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Description: In 1808, the White House lawn was a dangerous place. Not because of the two grizzly bears in the yard (they were in a cage) but because of a little four-horned Shetland ram described as beautiful, wicked, and abominable. This little creature, the subject of our episode "Thomas Jefferson's Killer Ram," was responsible for the first recorded death on the White House property.
Description: President Warren G. Harding died in 1923, but his most scandalous love letters were not released to the public until 2014. Among them was a letter to his mistress Carrie Fulton Phillips where he wrote: "Wish I could take you to Mount Jerry. Wonderful spot. Not in the geographies but a heavenly place." (Jerry was the name he gave his...teapot dome.)
Description: President John Adams lived to be 90 years old and was just as fat, sassy, and brilliant as ever (aside from the fact he was nearly blind and completely toothless). By taking lessons from his life and his founding dad bod, you too can be just as obnoxious and disliked as he was.
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About Plodding Through The Presidents
