... to have an assassination attempt. Van Buren- first president not born a British subject. Got new upholstery in the Oval Drawing room, and created the Blue Room. Harrison- served the shortest presidential term- one-month. He was the oldest president until Regan. Longest inauguration address in history. Died of pneumonia. Tyler- graduated from William and Mary College. Almost killed twice while in ... installed while in office. His wife served Lemonade instead of liquor. Garfield- wrote with both hands. Only preacher to become president. Exposed fraud in post office. Arthur- was a widower...

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... around the White House grounds with a boom box on his shoulders. Anyway, enough trivia, now back to the sixties. The sixties erupted with the "Age of Aquarius," Camelot and the Flower Child Freedom Movement, freedom of love and a freedom of self-expression in our personal appearance. The hippie movement was upon us, bell bottoms were below us and hair was everywhere ... love poetry. The "Age of Aquarius" was the birth of the silent majority, the Newport Folk Festival, Woodstock, I Have a Dream, Altamont, love-ins, sit-ins, love-outs, protests, the Beatles, Presidential debates, hijackin...

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