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571. Abraham Lincoln also maybe traveled outside of what is now the U.S. only once in his lifetime (his biographers aren’t quite sure). If he went anywhere else, where was it? I was unaware that Lincoln ever left the US So if it isn’t Canada, how about that he secretly strategized with his generals on one occasion in Bermuda??
President Truman conducted his famous 1948 “Whistlestop Campaign” aboard this plush, armored, distinctively-named railroad car. I oughta know this one–How about the Missouri Mule??
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Yes, Canada. He and Mary once visited the Niagara Falls region, but the records are ambiguous as to whether or not they actually crossed over into Canada.
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575. Mideast Peace talks were held in Annapolis, MD recently, what was the subject of a much earlier Annapolis Convention?
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578. This First Lady did a fair amount of traveling-- while in Hawaii she once went surfing. [Hint: it was before WWII]
Where was the Republican Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln held?
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Building closer ties among the colonies before the American Revolution.
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Chicago… at the Wigwam, a temporary convention hall.
Hmmm. I thought it was the Mount Vernon meeting, at GW’s home, that pretty much led to the Philadelphia convention. And no, I don’t know that Charleston quip.
Vice Presidents.
The first vice president sworn in outside of the U.S. was sworn in where, and why?
Of all the vice presidents, he most recently served as a governor.
The term “Veep” was first applied to him.
He was the second person appointed vice president under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
He was quoted as saying, “What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.”
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Incorrect. Think earlier, and it wasn’t Lincoln (see next answer).
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The next answer didn’t say. I have not looked it up, but I’m pretty sure I read once that it was Harding, on an automobile trip to Alaska. But if not him, did Wilson actually go stump for the League of Nations in Europe?
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The next answer didn’t say. I have not looked it up, but I’m pretty sure I read once that it was Harding, on an automobile trip to Alaska. But if not him, did Wilson actually go stump for the League of Nations in Europe?
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I meant my next post - Lincoln isn’t the correct answer; neither is Harding nor Wilson.
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587. How is the Ohio state flag different from every other state flag? Ohio’s state flag is a pennant, rather than the typical rectangular shape.
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I just noticed this yesterday and commented on it to my friend when I saw the flag flying with the US flag.
What eighteenth century charismatic spiritual revival movement leader shares a name with a recent Presidential candidate?
Who was the first US Naval officer in non-line service to make flag rank?
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Do you mean Jonathan Edwards? I though John Edwards wasn’t a Jonathan, but maybe I’m totally wrong anyway.
Unless I misunderstand the question, I doubt that Hyman Rickover is correct, despite the mentions above. Rear-Admiral Ben Moreell, of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the CEC, was promoted Admiral late in World War II; this certainly predates Rickover. I’m not sure Moreell was the first non-line officer.
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567. Unless I misunderstand the question, I doubt that Hyman Rickover is correct, despite the mentions above. Rear-Admiral Ben Moreell, of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the CEC, was promoted Admiral late in World War II; this certainly predates Rickover. I’m not sure Moreell was the first non-line officer.
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First, regarding your comment about John Edwards, he used to go by his full name. And it rubbed a number of people from New England the wrong way back in 2000, at least in part for the association with a movement that’s seen, now, to have been a bit fundamentalist, if not outright fanatic. FTM, ISTR reading that some historians place eighteenth century backlash against the Great Awakening (IIRC the name of his movement) as being key in getting New England support for the idea of a Separation of Church and State.
I’m not familiar with Moreel, but I will say that simply because someone is commanding the Bureau of Yards and Docks doesn’t mean the officer isn’t a line officer. The Navy has a number of restricted service commissions. The most common are Medical, Engineering (which is separate from engineering-track line officers), Chaplain corps, JAG, and ISTR a couple of others. The basic difference between line and non-line commissions is that a line officer is eligible for command of a warship, while non-line officers aren’t. And my recollection is that Rickover was promoted to flag rank, by act of Congress. Over the objections of the Navy Dept. And one of those objections was that the Navy objected to the idea of a non-line flag officer.
As always, we’re going by memory here, so I can’t claim infallibility - just that this is what I honestly believe to be an accurate representation of the events. (Though I won’t place any bets on the name of Jonathan Edwards movement, I always screwed it up, even in HS.)
