Back in 1968 or around there my mother started a collection of
miniature Presidents. Every time she would go to the grocery
store (see my post on that) she would be given one of them and
a few years back she gave them to me.
Now the series only went up to LBJ - and today I counted 34 of
them. Grover Cleveland counts as two - so I should have all of
them
with the exception of Thomas Jefferson.
I am sincerely sorry that I did this - but I vaguely remember throwing
him in the trash - you know because of the all men are created equal thing.
These miniature Presidents are all standing on individual tiny platforms - each just short of
three inches high. Of course they are not anatomically correct - since Madison
was very short and Lincoln tall.
But let me tell you folks - this is good stuff.
They are impeccably dressed in Period Clothes. The Founding Fathers really
stand out. All of them have the right amount of appropriate facial hair - with
hand gestures arms in certain postitons. FDR is wearing a Winston Chruchill
cloak, and Franklin Pierce even has an orange vest on. Calvin
Coolidge is holding a white straw hat with a thin black band around it.
I have them all lined up on the top of the lower window in my Study - and
today I decided that I'm gonna write about them - maybe one a day. So I
indiscriminately picked one up and that particular President happens to be
LBJ.
Later I will do just that.
The short essays will be based on my triva-like knowledge of the Presidents -
and I will call these posts...
Presidents for Dummies.
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