When my photographer ate a handful of the sweet fruit flavored candies called Mike and Ike during our tribute to Dwight Eisenhower on our show ‘Hail to the Chief’, we had no way of knowing it might be our final…
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231: FDR ROLLED INTO INFAMY ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Franklin D. Roosevelt became paralyzed at the age of 39, just when his political career was about to explode. But instead of giving up, FDR strengthened his body and overcame his disability to lead our nation through some of its…
230: A TITANIC & HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL SANDWICH ON APRIL 13th
Today, April 13, 2023, is the 280th anniversary of the birth of our third President Thomas Jefferson, who was born at his father’s Shadwell Plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia in 1743. I, on the other hand, was born in China sometime…
229: FOR WHOM THE BUZZARDS CIRCLED, THEY CIRCLED FOR THEE ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
On May 12, 2022, my photographer and I, along with our good friend Bob Moldenhauer, embarked on what turned out to be an all-day hike just so we could visit President Herbert Hoover’s Rapidan Camp in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park.…
228: TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADERS ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
For the past several months, since I returned home from my last trip shortly after Thanksgiving 2022, I’ve been busy with my photographer in the GBS Media Studio in Port Huron, Michigan as we recorded episodes of our show ‘Hail…
227: RUB-A-DUB-DUB, TAFT IN A TUB ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
There have been times in our past when the President of the United States found himself stuck in a predicament that became rather embarrASSing. That’s right, not all of our Commander-in-Chiefs have been squeaky clean; even when they’ve tried their…
225: ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’, I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR TEDDY R.
“I don’t wanna be a tiger, ’cause tigers play too rough. I don’t wanna be a lion, ’cause lions ain’t the kind you love enough. I just wanna be, your Teddy R. Put a chain around my neck and lead…
220: WHERE IN THE WORLD AM I HEADED NEXT?
It’s been exactly three months since my photographer and I returned home from our last trip that took us into the Upper Penninsula of Michigan, through most of Minnesota, and into parts of Iowa. During that time, I haven’t just…
207: KING ARTHUR & HIS KANGAROO COURT ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Chester Alan Arthur, our 21st President, is one of the lesser-known Presidents in our history. As a matter of fact, Ol’ Elegant Arthur is so obscure that I’ve only been to two sites dedicated to him. One was Chet’s birth…
205: JEFFERSON vs GARFIELD’S GHOST ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
To date, I’ve visited the tomb of James Garfield in Cleveland’s Lake View Cemetery four times – one of those visits happened shortly after my photographer taped his latest episode of ‘Hail to the Chief’ at GBS Studio in Port…