Calvin Coolidge’s Family Kept Their Pet “William Johnson Hippopotamus” At The National Zoo
This month in 1927, Americans were fawning over an animal headed to the National Zoo in Washington: a presidential hippo named Billy.
This month in 1927, Americans were fawning over an animal headed to the National Zoo in Washington: a presidential hippo named Billy.
Champ and Major are the new White House dogs, but there have been lots of pets at the president's house over the years, including Rebecca the raccoon, who definitely left her mark on the place during Calvin Coolidge's presidency.
An edible monument to the values that made the man who he was? I can get behind that.
Silent Cal is in the running for having the most beautiful final resting place of any president.