Benjamin Franklin + Franklin Pierce + Hawkeye = Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce
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"I wish I could indulge higher hope for the future of our country, but the aspect of any vision is fearfully dark and I cannot make it otherwise."
-- Former President Franklin Pierce, 1860
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I'm sorry for making polk look like truman
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Frankie Pierce 😀
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pranklin fierce
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Historical figures stuff from requests (thank u all for your service :3)
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Fun Facts. 100% verified.
The second most popular pizza topping (after pepperoni) in Iowa is corn fritters.
The three islands in the South Pacific that were owned by Marlon Brando went on to form their own nation, Marlonia.
Franklin Pierce was the last President of the United States who spoke no English.
On a telethon broadcast in 1981, Marie Osmond sang "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" with Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Nobel Prize winning author William Faulkner once taught a bear how to smoke a pipe.
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Professor Richard White, Franklin Pierce College, 1973.
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franklin pierce makes video games
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I am absolutely not joking when I tell you that one of the main reasons I started this blog way back in 2008 (yes...SIXTEEN YEARS AGO) was because I thought: "Maybe I should post some of these random articles I've written about Franklin Pierce in case there are other people like me."
Quite frankly, I didn't think that there were, but I'm happy that I was wrong. And shocked to find out over those sixteen years (!!!) that there were actually tens of thousands of people interested in reading my random stuff about Franklin Pierce. I just happened to branch out and talk about other Presidents too.
But since we're talking about him tonight, in case anybody wants to go back, I might as well share links to some of those pieces about Franklin Pierce:
•Pierce Bicentennial Essay
Originally written for the New Hampshire Historical Society's website celebrating Pierce's 200th birthday in 2004
•"When tears and toil and conflict will be unknown"
When former President Pierce wrote a moving letter to President Abraham Lincoln following the death of Lincoln's son, Willie -- a tragedy that Pierce also experienced as President.
•"After the White House what is there to do but drink?"
•"Franklin Pierce and the Consequences of Ambition"
•"In Concord: The Friendship of Pierce and Hawthorne"
A piece about the lifelong friendship between Franklin Pierce and author Nathaniel Hawthorne -- and friendship that endured controversy and lasted until Hawthorne's death while on holiday with former President Pierce.
•My 2011 review of Peter A. Wallner's two-volume biography of President Pierce -- Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son (2004) and Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union (2007) -- which is the definitive modern biography about Franklin Pierce's life and times.
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Stephen Sondheim should have given a song to the drunk guy who threw an egg at franklin pierce
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Is anyone going to make a fanfic about Franklin pierce or am i going to have to step up 🤔
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Antebellum Miscellaneous Casting 2/?
Before i continue i feel like it needs to be said that i actually dont know what any of these peoples acting styles are like, so this is 90% vibes 7% faceclaim and 3% concentration of will, so:
Matthew Daddario as Alexander Hamilton Jr.
Rebecca Hall as Sarah Polk
Emily Blunt as Lucretia Clay
Evan Rachel Wood as Margaret Eaton
Natalie Dormer as Floride Calhoun
Ben Barnes as Galusha Grow
Adam Driver as Roger B. Taney
Tom Cruise as John J. Crittenden
Luke Evans as Lawrence Keitts
Benedict Cumberbatch as Jefferson Davis
Sophie Nelisse as Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Jennifer Lawrence as Varina Davis
Chris Pratt as Horace Greeley
Jared Padalecki as Anson Burlingame
and
Mitt Romney as Franklin Pierce
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