
On This Date In POTUS History
- 1786 James Monroe married Elizabeth Kortright.
- 1862 After 12,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered, General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Donelson, TN.
- 1971 At Nixon's direction, the Secret Service installed recording devices in the White House.
POTUS Quote
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”