Did You Know…Americana Edition

  Harvard College, presently Harvard University, founded in 1636 known as the School of the Prophets, was attended by 8 U.S. Presidents:

John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.  

 Vermont, in 1777, was the first state to abolish slavery.

Benjamin Franklin, at 70, was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence.

 The most popular American soup is chicken noodle sometimes known as, Jewish Penicillin.

 The most popular American dessert is not apple pie, but chocolate chip cookies.

15o million American flags are sold in the United States every year.

 Baseball is still America’s favorite pastime while Babe Ruth reigns the greatest player of all time.

CLEVELAND, OH – MAY 19, 1927: Babe Ruth portrait, visitors dugout League Park. The game between the Indians and Yankees was eventually rained out and rescheduled for a later date. (Photo by Louis Van Oeyen/Western Reserve Historical Society/Getty Images).

 The Sultan of Swat is buried in The Gates of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York where fans pay their respects by leaving bats, balls, bottles of beer and the occasional hot dog, the Babe’s favorite fare. 

After John Kennedy died in 1963, there was much speculation that his widow and brother had an affair.

 Did they?

 I’m betting yes, not out of lust but their shared grief, both in mourning for the same person along with suffering acute survivor’s guilt; Jackie wondering why she was spared and Bobby blaming himself knowing organized crime, who he chased relentlessly, had a hand in his brother’s death.

 It seemed they only had each other, so again I’ll ask, did they?

 I’m voting yes, but we’ll never know for sure, will we?

SB