Before the White House, before political parties fully took shape, and before America had even decided how it wanted to govern itself, there was George Clinton. He didn’t wear a powdered wig for...
Author - Will Moneymaker
Nelson A. Rockefeller: The Billionaire Who Never Made It to the White House
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was born into wealth so vast that most Americans in the early 20th century couldn’t comprehend it. Born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine, his life began with a silver...
Spiro T. Agnew: The Rise, Fall, and Family Roots of an American Vice President
Spiro Theodore Agnew, the 39th vice president of the United States, was born on November 9, 1918, in Baltimore, Maryland. His name, though Americanized, hints at his family’s rich ethnic...
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Spanish Moss: Tangled in History, Legend, and Everyday Life
You’ve probably seen it if you’ve ever driven down a sleepy road in the American South—maybe through Georgia, Louisiana, or northern Florida. Long, ghostly strands of gray-green threads dangle...