Tag: Millard Fillmore
235: THE ROOM WHERE A COWBOY BECAME MR. PRESIDENT
The one-mile drive north along Delaware Avenue took us over the rainbow and into the Allentown section of Buffalo at just a few minutes before eleven o’clock on Sunday morning June 4, 2023. Tom found a parking spot behind the…
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…
122: HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL – TO BUFFALO
Five months had gone by since my last Presidential trip and I expected to stand on the shelf for a few more months; at least until Spring. Then out of nowhere, my photographer decided he needed to make a trip…
12. I HAD MY FILL OF FILLMORE
Before nightfall, we had planned on being in Watkins Glen, New York so that my photographer and his wife could attend the wedding of Mark Mortimer and Margaret Franzese the following day. I was hoping to see Mark again as…
11. WINGIN’ IT IN BUFFALO
My visit to the Ansley Wilcox house had put me through the full spectrum of emotions; from excitement to relief. It was exciting for me to stand in the room where Theodore Roosevelt first became our 26th President; and at…