Today in 1843, former president John Quincy Adams joined thousands to dedicate a public observatory in Cincinnati, a building known as "the birthplace of American astronomy." Plus: this month would be a good time to get out a telescope, cause there's lots happening in the night sky.
Several visitors made jokes about the smell. There really wasn't one - but when there are two presidents and two First Ladies in one room, the room can smell any way it wants.
We're just over a week out from the DC trip and there's lots going on.First: I'm finalizing my DC itinerary. A lot is already in place - I just booked [...]
I'm doing this project because of stuff like this: One of my most-visited sites on the web is Reddit.com, and one of my favourite subreddits is HistoricalWhatIf, an online community [...]
Google has interesting results sometimes. The explanation for the last result, of course, is that our sixth president was one of several presidential "skinny-dippers;" as the story is told [...]
I've developed an odd habit as I've gotten into this project: every time I pick up a book about a president now, the first place I look is at the [...]
Papa John is right inside the door, where as the younger Adams is a bit more tucked away - but only a bit, as this is, shall we say, an "efficiency" crypt.
