Over the past two-plus weeks, my photographer has published four more YouTube videos from his two shows – Jefferson’s Salute to the Presidents, and The Spirits of Independence. The first show, which features the life of our 21st President Chester…
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373: RICHARD HENRY LEE, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN HERO, IS CELEBRATED ON TOM’S YOUTUBE SHOW
“Resolved – That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great…
371: I PACKED FUDGE IN URANUS DURING MY FIRST PRESIDENTIAL EXCURSION OF 2026
At 9:33am on Thursday April 16, 2026, my photographer’s wife was behind the wheel of our Jeep Grand Cherokee L as Tom, Vicki, and I headed out of town on a rainy, 62-degree morning. Even though my first adventure of…
369: I COULDN’T LET A CIGAR COME BETWEEN ME AND GRANT DURING OUR YOUTUBE SALUTE
When it came to cigars, President Ulysses S. Grant wasn’t about to come up short. In fact, the Savior of the Union allegedly smoked 20 stogies per day and in 1885, Grant’s habit finally caught up with him as he…
368: THE SAGA OF THE SACRED SIGNERS CONTINUED UNTIL THE COWS CAME HOME
In the fifth episode of The Spirits of Independence on my photographer’s YouTube channel, Tom and Bob Moldenhauer spent the day crisscrossing Virginia where the pair visited the gravesites of four Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Those four Signers…
367: ANDREW JOHNSON FILLED BIG SHOES DURING HIS YOUTUBE APPEARANCE
When President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 and died the next morning at 7:22am, Vice President Andrew Johnson knew he had big shoes to fill. And while most people remember Johnson for being the…
365: THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS CELEBRATED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Although Thomas Jefferson is Tom’s and my favorite President, it’s hard to argue that Abraham Lincoln was America’s greatest President. After all, Lincoln devoted his life to keep our country united during the Civil War and he died in that…
363: THE SPIRITS OF INDEPENDENCE STARS TOOK THEIR SHOW TO CHARLESTON
On May 29, 1991, during their 17-day non-stop adventure to visit the graves of all 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Watson and Bob Moldenhauer hung out at Middleton Place before they crisscrossed the streets of downtown Charleston…
361: MILLARD FILLMORE GOES FROM “ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT” TO YOUTUBE STAR
While 13th President Millard Fillmore and actor Alec Baldwin share an uncanny resemblance, one of their biggest glaring differences is the fact that Fillmore never accidentally shot and killed someone. Fillmore was called the “Accidental President” by his political foes,…
360: ZACHARY TAYLOR’S LIFE WAS MORE THAN A BOWL OF CHERRIES ON JEFFERSON’S SALUTE TO THE PRESIDENTS
On my photographer’s show Jefferson’s Salute to the Presidents, the two of us pay tribute to the life of our 12th President Zachary Taylor. It turned out Ol’ Rough and Ready’s life was more than a bowl of cherries. Since…