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12 Thing You Didn't Know About the Presidents
this is something interesting. im not sure if they're all facts. i recieved it from a fwd email. enjoy reading it!
1. Thomas Jefferson had a Deaf slave family at Monticello. Their expertise in - making the finest Virgianian wine from its' vineyard.
2. Theordore Roosevelt had a Deaf guide on his exploration of the west discovered an area that is now know as Yellowstone National Park.
3. George W. Bush often jogs with I.King Jordan on the Gallaudet track.
4 Abraham Lincoln learned fingerspelling from Edward Miner Gallaudet at the White House before attending Ford Theater that evening.
5. Dwight D. Eisenhower often used a Deaf War Department civilian to send secret codes in Sign Language to his field officers before the D-Day invasion to avoid interception by the Nazis.
6. George Washinton temporarily used a Yorktown Deaf family's home as his headquarters in October 1781, site of the last battle of the Revolutionary War.
7.Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson once killed a Deaf man in a duel over his girlfriend; before the War of 1812, in New Orleans.
8. Ronald "the Great Communicator" Reagan once had a character role of Alexander Graham Bell in a film which was never released.
9. John F. Kennedy often had parties on Martha's Vineyard at which a few local Deaf residents would attendend.
10. In 1918 Woodrow Wilson became the only President ever to be a commencement speaker at Gallaudet College . He used the occasion to promote the "League of Nations"
11. A Deaf White House Aide pushed Franklin D. Roosevel, a victim of Polio, in his wheelchair on his campaigns for reelection.
12. Richard M. Nixon was the first President to use a Certified Sign Language Interpreter, unforunately it was for his resignation speech shortly.
this is something interesting. im not sure if they're all facts. i recieved it from a fwd email. enjoy reading it!
1. Thomas Jefferson had a Deaf slave family at Monticello. Their expertise in - making the finest Virgianian wine from its' vineyard.
2. Theordore Roosevelt had a Deaf guide on his exploration of the west discovered an area that is now know as Yellowstone National Park.
3. George W. Bush often jogs with I.King Jordan on the Gallaudet track.
4 Abraham Lincoln learned fingerspelling from Edward Miner Gallaudet at the White House before attending Ford Theater that evening.
5. Dwight D. Eisenhower often used a Deaf War Department civilian to send secret codes in Sign Language to his field officers before the D-Day invasion to avoid interception by the Nazis.
6. George Washinton temporarily used a Yorktown Deaf family's home as his headquarters in October 1781, site of the last battle of the Revolutionary War.
7.Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson once killed a Deaf man in a duel over his girlfriend; before the War of 1812, in New Orleans.
8. Ronald "the Great Communicator" Reagan once had a character role of Alexander Graham Bell in a film which was never released.
9. John F. Kennedy often had parties on Martha's Vineyard at which a few local Deaf residents would attendend.
10. In 1918 Woodrow Wilson became the only President ever to be a commencement speaker at Gallaudet College . He used the occasion to promote the "League of Nations"
11. A Deaf White House Aide pushed Franklin D. Roosevel, a victim of Polio, in his wheelchair on his campaigns for reelection.
12. Richard M. Nixon was the first President to use a Certified Sign Language Interpreter, unforunately it was for his resignation speech shortly.
Was surprised to read that the current President jogs often with I King Jordan at the Gally track! Meme wonders what students at Gally say about that, 
