As you know, President Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. I thought you
might like to read about some “fun facts” about some of our past presidents.
William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugur al addr ess; it lasted over 100 minutes. He did it
in a freezing rain and died of pneumonia a month later! Another reason why I try to keep my homilies
under 10 minutes!
William Howard Taft had the snowiest inauguration. A blizzar d dr opped almost 10 inches of snow
and the inauguration actually took place on March 4, not January 20 as is done today. Taft reportedly
remarked, “I always knew it would be a cold day in hell when I became President.”
George Washington initially refused his salary but eventually relented. His salary was $25,000.
Former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day: July 4, 1826.
James Madison was the shor test Pr esident (5ft 4 in) and Abraham Lincoln was the tallest Pr esident
(6 ft. 4 in.)
Martin Van Buren (1837 – 1841) was the first President to be born an American citizen; all
previous presidents had been born British citizens.
John Tyler (1841 – 1845) has 15 children, the record for a President!
Grover Cleveland is consider ed the 22nd and 24th President because he was elected to two
non-consecutive terms (1885 – 1889 and 1893 – 1897).
The most common religious affiliation among the Presidents has been Episcopalian, followed by
Presbyterian.
Four Presidents were assassinated in office (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy) while
assassination attempts were also made upon Jackson, T. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, Truman, Nixon,
Ford, Carter, Reagan, G.W.H. Bush, Clinton and G.W. Bush.
Kennedy and Taft ar e the only Pr esidents bur ied in Ar lington cemeter y.
Remember: Together, we can do something beautiful for God.
In Christ,
Fr. Brian
PS:
As we may recall, the Parish had a 50 – 50 raffle. We had the drawing after the 12:30pm Mass.
Our winners were:
FIRST PRIZE:
SECOND PRIZE:
THIRD PRIZE:
$ 2,345
$ 670
$ 335
Joanne Maher
Charlphine Lanigan
Vinny Ammirati
Pastor’s Letter
Dear Parishioners: