Presidents and Governors have the authority to pardon convicted criminals and there are no real limits on who they can pardon and why. Quite often there are a flurry of pardons during the lame duck days of an outgoing executive. The most famous Presidential pardon is the pardon of Richard ...
Read More: Where Governors Go Shopping: The Oregon Historical Society Vault 35. Thumb through a Parisian-inspired mess of books at Mother Foucault’s Buckman The Lowdown Mother Foucault’s is no doubt the city’s most idyllic book den. It’s loosely inspired by Shakespeare & Company, the ...
Governors Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia, by Carol Highsmith. Virginia–Colonial Williamsburg– Williamsburg, Virginia, was the thriving capital of the commonwealth when the dream of American freedom and independence was taking shape. Serving as Virginia’s capitol from 1699 to 1780, Williamsburg was...