Similarly, although Gergen lives in the elite Virginia suburb of McLean, he compensated by sending his two children to Catholic school in Washington so they would be less indulged by the environment he had worked hard to obtain. “I just hated the whole suburban scene as a way to grow up,...
For two years after, Union generals and soldiers tried to slog their way overland, along the ladder of Virginia’s swamps and rivers, butting into one perfect Confederate defensive position after another and losing thousands of lives in the process. Lincoln was a skilled political thinker but a...
From left, in this Friday, July 2, 2010, file photo, then-President Barack Obama, then-Vice President Joe Biden, and former President Bill Clinton chat before the start of a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston. ...
continued to be active in scientific research. Representative: third president Thomas Jefferson After he left office, he founded the famous University of Virginia, and served as the first president of the university. Term of office, name, post office, life 3 (1801 - 1809) Thomas Jeffers...
D.C. The state with the most presidential graves is Virginia with seven, two of which are at Arlington National Cemetery. New York has six presidential graves. Close behind this, Ohio is the location of five presidential burial sites. Tennessee was the location of three presidential burials. ...
In 1934, when Congress was giving him everything he asked for, Franklin Roosevelt agreed to his wife’s plea to take on one New Deal project as his own, without congressional help. The project was the rehabilitation of Arthurdale, a community of starving miners in West Virginia, and Eleano...
Representative: third president Thomas Jefferson After he left office, he founded the famous University of Virginia, and served as the first president of the university. Term of office, name, post office, life 3 (1801 - 1809) Thomas Jefferson founded the University 15 (1857 - 1861) James ...
The son of a Presbyterian minister, Wilson grew up in the small city of Staunton, Virginia.6After earning a law degree from the University of Virginia, he established a short-lived legal practice in Atlanta. Wilson would eventually go on to receive a Ph.D. in political science from Johns ...
In addition to being the grandson of William Henry Harrison (who became president when Benjamin was 7), Harrison was the great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, who was the governor of Virginia and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His wife died while he was campaigning for reelectio...
President Theodore Roosevelt received a black bear cub named Jonathan Edwards as a gift from supporters in West Virginia. Many kids today have Teddy bears," which are named for Teddy" Roosevelt. TR also had a pet badger. Even our first president had pets. George Washington had many horses ...