Jody Baumgartner

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA for May 24

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Who was the first American-born president?

Answer: Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), 8th President. Van Buren was the first president to have been born after the American Revolution, in Kinderhook, New York on December 5, 1782, technically making him the first American-born president. The seven before him were all born in the American colonies.

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21 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

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“1. Making The Constitution Was A Sweaty, Smelly Affair: The Constitution was drafted in Philadelphia in 1787 over the course of a humid summer. The windows of Independence Hall were shut to discourage eavesdroppers, and many delegates, who were mostly from out of town, wore and re-wore the same thick woolen garments day after day. Many framers stayed at the same boarding houses and shared rooms that, we can only imagine, reeked with a distinct eau du freedom.”

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Brown v. Board of Ed. Decided

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“May 17, 1954: In a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. The historic decision, which brought an end to federal tolerance of racial segregation, specifically dealt with Linda Brown, a young African American girl who had been denied admission to her local elementary school in Topeka, Kansas, because of the color of her skin.”

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