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September 5 - September 11, 2021
presidents have lower ratings than Mr. Buchanan in the polls historians take to rank the nation’s chief executives as great, near great, mediocre, or failures. On the other hand, not many presidents had more experience in national politics than “Old Buck.” He spent almost forty years as a congressman and senator, plus terms as secretary of state and ambassador to Great Britain, before winning the White House.
Sounds like Biden, yes!
The pikes, two-edged bowie knives attached to six-foot poles, were intended for the freed slaves, whom Brown assumed would have trouble mastering the intricacies of loading and firing a gun.
Talk about inherent racism…
The first victim of John Brown’s insurrection was a free black man.
Not surprised.
