Daily Discussions on Ulysses S. Grant Photos| What do you think of Ronald Reagan on the Fifty Dollar Bill? | | I just heard that people in congress are considering putting Ronald Reagan's face on the Fifty Dollar bill. I guess it is in celebration of one hundred years of his birthdate. I thought it might be a good idea, yet I also know people are accustomed to having President Ulysses S. Grant. Do you think this is okay to do? Who do you think has a better picture or profile? | |
| | Do you believe in myths? add some more myths plzz. | | One legend claims stealing someone's shadow (by measuring it against a wall and driving a nail through its head) can turn the victim into a vampire.Avoid people who talk to themselves. According to Ukrainian legend, that could indicate a dual soul and the second one doesn't die! Also watch out for the seventh son of a seventh son, a person born with a red caul (amniotic membrane covering the head), or a child born with teeth. A vampire can result if a cat or dog walks over a fresh grave, a bat flies over the corpse, or the person has died suddenly as a result of suicide or murder. Unfinished business can also cause a body to rise, as can inadequate burial rites, including a grave that is too shallow.Most vampires are described in folklore as flushed and ruddy, with swollen bodies and bloated faces. Often, they can be identified because they're sitting up in the grave.According to folklore, there are a number of ways to protect yourself from vampires, including the ever-popular wearing of garlic or a religious symbol. You can slow a vampire down by giving him something to do, like pick up poppy seeds or unravel a net. (They're quite compulsive.) Cross water and he can't... | |
| | Bizarre Presidential Facts | | I subscribe to "Bizarre News Newsletter this is on their page today. I thought it interesting also.+--------------- Bizarre Presidential Facts ---------------+ Abraham Lincoln did not write the Gettysburg Address on
the back of an envelope. In fact, he worked on that
address for two weeks. It was Cicero, not President John F. Kennedy, who first
said words to the effect of, "Ask not what your country
can do for you, but what you can do for your country." Some scholars believe Andrew Jackson was born at sea in
1755, not 1767, and thus was not eligible to be president
of the U.S. However, at least two states, North Carolina
and South Carolina, claim his birth place, about a mile
apart. In 1824, Andrew Jackson received more popular votes than
John Adams, yet lost the election. The vote was so close
that neither candidate received a majority of the
electoral votes. The decision then went to the House of
Representatives, which elected Adams. Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the U.S., did not
vote until he was sixty-two. He did not even vote in his
own election. President Ulysses S. Grant was once arrested during
his term of... | |
| | the Civil War | | tell me this
The lack of what food almost brought the Civil War to a halt when Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent an urgent message to the War Department saying, “I will not move my army without _____.” The next day, three trainloads were on their way to the front.
A. Beef
B. Onions
C. Flour
D. Salt | |
| | FACTS about your Country, City or State... | | Is the place you live famous for anything? Historic icons? Inventions? Celebrities?I'm from Ohio and here are some things I've learned about my Home State;Famous natives and residents:
Neil Armstrong, astronaut
George Bellows, painter and lithographer
George Armstrong Custer, army officer
Doris Day, singer and actress
Hugh Downs, TV broadcaster
Thomas A. Edison, inventor
Clark Gable, actor
James A. Garfield, president
John Glenn, astronaut and senator
Ulysses S. Grant, president
Warren G. Harding, president
Rutherford Hayes, president
Benjamin Harrison, president
William Dean Howells, novelist and critic
Zane Grey, author
Robert Henri, painter
Dean Martin, singer and actor
William McKinley, president
Paul Newman, actor
Jack Nicklaus, golfer
Annie Oakley, markswoman
Judith Resnik, astronaut
Roy Rogers, actor and singer
Gloria Steinem, feminist
William H. Taft, president
Tecumseh Shawnee, Indian chief
Lowell Thomas, explorer and commentator
James Thurber, author and cartoonist
Orville Wright, inventor
Cy Young, baseball player
Ernest H. Volwiler, inventor
Steven Spielberg, director and... | |
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