It was already 2:15pm by the time Vicki had driven the 68 miles from Rochester to the small resort town of Skaneateles, New York in the afternoon of August 7, 2026. Fortunately, at least for Tom and me, we had…
Tag: Thomas Watson
379: NEW YORK STATE FEATURED A PRESIDENTIAL HONEY HOLE FILLED WITH SPRINKLES
When my photographer’s alarm went off at 6:00am on August 7, 2026, the first full day of our ‘Trip of Dreams’ was underway – and I couldn’t wait to get started. Vicki, on the other hand, wasn’t as excited as…
376: CATCHING UP ON OUR YOUTUBE SHOWS
For the past couple of months, my photographer and I have been extremely busy with our two YouTube shows – ‘Jefferson’s Salute to the Presidents’ and ‘The Spirits of Independence‘. So now, as we get close to our next major…
375: CELEBRATE AMERICA 250 AS TOM & BOB VISIT INDEPENDENCE HALL ON YOUTUBE
On this day, July 4, 2026, my photographer gets you caught up on his documented 1991 trip to the graves of all 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence with his good friend Bob Moldenhauer. Click on the links below…
374: FOUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS PAY TRIBUTE TO TWO PRESIDENTS AND SEVERAL SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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…
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…