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PRESIDENTIAL NAMES (cont. from page 1): • The northeastern suburbs of Atlanta have become a huge shopping destination. One of the heaviest-traveled thoroughfares in the area is Jimmy Carter Boulevard, named after the former president from Georgia. • Renowned baseball pitcher Pete Alexander was named after our 22nd and 24th presidents. What? You don’t remember a President named Pete or Alexander? Well, Pete was Alexander’s nickname; his moniker at birth was Grover Cleveland Alexander. • Coolidge Dam, built in the 1920s and named for Calvin Coolidge, gathers eastern Arizona’s Gila River into San Carlos Lake. • Dwight Eisenhower is the only president to date with a four-syllable last name. You’ve driven (or ridden) on roadways named for him, as his name is firmly attached to the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System. • During the run of TV’s The Brady Bunch, the older and middle kids attended Fillmore Junior High, named for mid-19th-century president Millard Fillmore. • Each year, the NCAA presents the Gerald R. Ford Award to a person who has dedicated his or her life to college athletics. • In a round-about fashion, Garfield the cat was named for 20th president James Garfield. Creator Jim Davis took the name from his grandfather, James Garfield Davis, who was named for the former president. • Grant’s Tomb is named for Ulysses S. Grant. And to answer the ageold question, no one is actually “buried in Grant’s Tomb.” (It’s an aboveground mausoleum.) • One of the largest and oldest trees in the world is a Giant Sequoia named ‘President.’ It’s located in California’s Sequoia National Park and was named for Warren Harding. • Named after our 23rd president, the SS Benjamin Harrison served only one year before a torpedo took her out of commission during World War II. • To thank Rutherford B. Hayes for his help in their border dispute with Argentina, Paraguay named one of its “departments” (the equivalent of a “state”) Presidente Hayes. Its capital? Villa Hayes, of course. • “Hoovervilles” sprang up all across America during the Great Depression. This was the name the press gave to to the shantytowns (continued on page 6)
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