White House Thanksgiving 2007

You can check out the annual White House turkey pardon at the White House site. Also on there is the names that two turkeys got this year in a national poll: May and Flower. That was right above (like 1%) Wish and Bone, which was my favorite. You can also check out the first pardon with President Truman.

Amistad Case

We did a post on John Quincy Adams' presentation of the Amistad Africans awhile back. To add to this, I found Adams' diary entry on the subject and a complete transcript of Adams' arguments.

New Linclon Photo?

Is this a picture of President Lincoln?

According to Amy Worden of the Philadelphia Inquirer, it might be. The article is titled Lincoln photo at Gettysburg believed found.

Ms. Worden notes, "From a distance it looks like a nondescript Civil War-era photograph: Union soldiers and townspeople crowd around the grand memorial arch that marks the entrance to Soldiers' Cemetery. But zoom in closer, really close, and a startling image takes shape at the center of the crowd. A tall, slim figure astride a horse. A familiar profile. That signature stovepipe hat, a white gloved hand raised in salute. Could it be President Abraham Lincoln shortly before delivering his Gettysburg Address?"

Well, considering the date and place, this could be him. That stove top hat helps to give it away. Maybe. I guess it could have been a Lincoln impersonator.

Good job to John Richter for the find. More details are available at the article.