Can you name the 20th President of the United States of America? Without Google? Yeah, neither can I, but what's important is that I'm pretty sure most Americans can remember the important ones. Observe this picture found via 'some random meme website I stumbled upon while browsing Facebook'. It illustrates most people's view of our 44 presidents.
Guy on the quarter, white guys, cool tall guy, white guys, dumb white guy, black guy...
This picture is funny because we all know it's true. Not enough time was spent learning about other presidents besides the highly significant ones and the ones whose terms we lived through. There's no one to blame except our history teachers, of course. I would have loved to learn more about John Quincy Adams and his blah, blah, blah... you know, never mind...
P.S. - The History Channel has this show called I Love the 1880s (a clear satire of those "I Love the [enter date]" shows on VH1). It's actually rather hilarious and provides a lot of interesting little facts about figures in history that you probably didn't know (like how Benjamin Franklin hated eagles and would've liked a turkey better as a national bird. A damn turkey. Oh, Ben...).
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