-And here we are at Presidential Park in Williamsburg, VA. I couldn't decide which presidents to put up, so I put up all I had (not all the presidents). Steph, maybe you have the rest?

Geo. Washington. First in so many things.

-John Adams. Visit Quincy/Braintree, MA for his homes, it's pretty amazing.

-Thomas Jefferson. Although not one of my favorites, still one of the most intriguing.

-James Madison, the shortest president at 5'4" - and apparently not much the socializers. Well, he did have his wife...

-James Monroe. Monroe doctrine...hmmm...dashing. Perhaps a runner near Pierce?

-John Quincy Adams. Very stern looking, a genius. He liked to swim naked (was in a lake or pool?). The trendsetter which more presidents should follow about what to do after the presidency.
-Andrew Jackson. Well, Steph, no matter what you think he is the only one to have an era named after him and the Hermitage is pretty cool. Not the nicest guy though.

-Martin Van Buren. Really, side burns, very charming. Plus, the eighth president (for those of you in the "8" club).













-Ahh, James K. Polk. How could I forget him? I was at his house once... Thanks, Steph! The only president who promised certain things in his bid for the presidency and came through with them all. Truly amazing. People should take a page from his book.

-Franklin Pierce. Most dashing. And most depressing.

-Abraham Lincoln. Has a great face, really.

-U.S. Grant. Going to start his memoirs soon.





James Garfield. Best beard. If anyone used to read "Bloom County" he has one of the best comic strips when the characters go on strike and scabs come into take their places - with this guy taking over the strip "Garfield." ("Garfield. James Garfield.")
-Rutherford B. Hayes. Second best beard and the name of the street I grew up on.

-Chester Arthur. For Jenny.
-Theodore Roosevelt. For me. The man is it! The intrigue, the stories, the drive, the complex contradictions. Amazing.
-William Taft. The largest of the presidents. I saw his bathtub at an exhibit in Grand Rapids. It was large. Nice guy though.



-Franklin Roosevelt. Distant cousin of TR, but was Eleanor's uncle. Great president, but not a good husband. Hmmm...this really doesn't look too much like him, eh?

-Harry S. Truman. The "S" stands for nothing at all. Gosh darn good midwestern boy.


I like Ike. Irving Berlin wrote the song. Stephen Ambrose stayed with him at his farm in Gettysburg to write his biography. Said he'd concentrate on listening to you with steel blue eyes.

-I'm beginning to warm up to J.F.K. a bit. A lot of bravado for him. Liked Robert better.








-Richard Nixon. If you read one chapter in David Halberstam's The Fifties it explains a whole lot about Tricky Dick.

-Gerald "Our" Ford.


Jimmy Carter, the most active of the newer presidents. See, he took after John Quincy!

-Ronald Reagan. Phil Hartman played him best on SNL.




George H.W. Bush. I like him. Really, I do. The only one who sat for his sculpture.
-George W. Bush. Yeah, not so much. Yep, Steph, the elephants on the tie are a bit too much.















I left out Clinton. I really don't care for him too much. Presidentially or otherwise.