In 1991, which was twenty-two years before I was a gleam in my photographer’s eyes, Bob Moldenhauer and Thomas Watson embarked on a well-designed and passionate quest to visit the homes and gravesites of all 56 Signers of the Declaration…
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356: MY YOUTUBE SALUTE TO TIPPECANOE AND TYLER, TOO
William Henry Harrison and John Tyler, our ninth and tenth Presidents, were more than just a catchy campaign slogan. Harrison was a war hero and became very famous when he tragically died only one month into his Presidency. Tyler did…
355: MY SALUTE TO “OLD KINDERHOOK” VAN BUREN WAS JUST O.K.
Martin Van Buren is known as the short, funny Dutchman with the wild mutton chops and bald head. But did you know his nickname was ‘Old Kinderhook’ and that’s where the term ‘O.K.’ originated. In fact, the Season 8, 14th…
354: JACKSON DESPISED ADAMS, AND NOW THEIR FEUD UNFOLDS ON BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES ON YOUTUBE
Their campaigns against each other were heated and the mudslinging made a pig convention look like child’s play – and now you can see and hear about their feud on my two latest YouTube episodes featuring both Presidents, John Quincy…
353: FOUNDING FATHER JAMES MONROE COMES TO LIFE ON OUR YOUTUBE SHOW
I know what you’re going to say – “HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE WASHINGTON!” Well, on this February 22, 2026, you took the words right out of my mouth. And let me tell you something else – there’s no better way to…
351: I MET MY DOPPELGANGER ON THE YOUTUBE EPISODE ‘JEFFERSON’S TRIBUTE TO THOMAS JEFFERSON’!
I didn’t realize what a handsome bobble head I was until I stood face to face with my doppelganger on my photographer’s latest episode of ‘Through the Eyes of Jefferson‘ on his new YouTube channel. And now, if you click…
350: HANGIN’ OUT WITH THE ADAMS FAMILY ON YOUTUBE
America 250 is underway and there’s not too many better ways to celebrate this historic year than by paying tribute to one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence – John Adams. My photographer has released the second installment…
349: I’M FINALLY ON A YOUTUBE CHANNEL CALLED ‘THROUGH THE EYES OF JEFFERSON’
Today, February 16, 2026, is Presidents Day during the year when our nation is celebrating its 250th birthday. And for me, there’s no better way to celebrate this incredible patriotic time in our country than to bring our Presidents to…
347: MY SUNDAY IN GEORGIA WITH CARTER AND SQUATCH ENDED IN GOOD FORTUNE
Sunday morning November 30, 2025 began when my photographer’s alarm rang at 6:00am in the Presidential Suite on the third floor of the historic Windsor Hotel in downtown Americus, Georgia. Although the room remained very quiet after Tom’s three o’clock…
346: A HISTORIC VISIT TO PLAINS AND MY FINAL SALUTE TO JIMMY CARTER
For nearly 70 miles, Vicki navigated the back roads from Warm Springs down to Plains, Georgia in the early afternoon of Saturday November 29, 2025. During the first half of the trip, I couldn’t get Franklin Roosevelt out of my…