On July 1, 2022, the talented folks at GBS Media in Port Huron, Michigan published our latest episode of ‘Hail to the Chief’ that features the life and times of President Ulysses S. Grant. There is a link to click…
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196: ANDREW JOHNSON – FROM RAGS TO RICHES ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Andrew Johnson never attended school a day in his life. Yet through hard work, determination, and an assassin’s bullet, the once upon a time tailor became the 17th President of the United States. Over the past few years, my photographer…
194: THE ESCAPE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH COMES TO LIFE ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Have you ever wondered what happened to John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865? Well, wonder no more. On May 15, 2022, my photographer, Bob Moldenhauer, and I spent the entire day following in…
191: THE FINAL DAYS OF AMERICA’S GREATEST HERO ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
A wise old Scarecrow once said: “With the thoughts that you’ll be thinkin’, you could be another Lincoln, if you only had a brain.” The fact is: There has never been another Abraham Lincoln; at least in Washington D.C. Some…
190: REFLECTIONS OF LINCOLN FEATURED ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
After Tom and I presented four ‘Hail to the Chief’ episodes of rather obscure and lackluster Presidents (Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan), the moment has arrived where we salute the greatest President in American history – Abraham Lincoln. I even…
189: THE BACHELOR PADS OF JAMES BUCHANAN ON HAIL TO THE CHIEF
Although James Buchanan, our 15th President, is considered by most historians to be the worst Commander-In-Chief in American history, my photographer and I were honored to have walked in his footsteps where he lived, worked, and died. Buchanan’s biggest claim…
188: A TOAST TO AMERICA’S SADDEST PRESIDENT – FRANKLIN PIERCE
Our 14th President Franklin Pierce was handsome, dashing, and very debonair. Secretly, however, Pierce was extremely depressed and became afflicted with alcohol consumption – especially after he witnessed his 11-year-old son get killed. Or did his wife drive him to…
187: CAN’T CALL FILLMORE “MR. IRRELEVANT” AFTER ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’ SHOW
On St. Patrick’s Day, the ‘Luck of the Irish’ was shining bright on a President who had been considered by most historians to be irrelevant; and quite feasibly inept. I’m talking about our 13th President Millard Fillmore. Since 1850, poor…
184: IS JEFFERSON ON THE PATH TO HALL OF FAME INDUCTION?
On Friday February 4, 2022, I had the opportunity to visit the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My photographer mentioned to the H.O.F. staff worker on duty that I’m the most famous bobble head in the world…
183: ZACHARY WAS TAYLOR-MADE FOR ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
It once was said “Life is a bowl of cherries”. For President Zachary Taylor, however, death may have been a bowl of cherries instead. That’s right – when our 12th President Zachary Taylor was in attendance at a Fourth of…