No Tubbies
Published by mr.president January 6th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PLACES & THINGS NAMED REAGAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, MILLARD FILLMORE, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, US PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, POLITICAL HUMORMillard Fillmore’s Bathtub provides an excellent roundup of all the celebrations planned around the 13th President’s birthday on January 7th.
As a special bonus attraction, the writer explains the blog’s name origin in H.L. Menken’s invention of the Fillmore First Whitehouse Tub myth, and links to a vast and sprawling guide to the endless replication of First Tubbaldry, including the Reagan Library’s falling for the story. “The Ronald Reagan Foundation wouldn’t lie to us, would it?“
