Presidents Day honors varied U S leaders from Lincoln to Obama
Teens at Top of Utah pick favorite presidents in a Presidents Day feature. Lincoln stands tall in stature and abolition, Roosevelt champions youth infrastructure, Washington as surveyor and first president, Kennedy as the youthful reformer, with notes on Nixon Bush Adams Reagan Polk and Obama. Morgan Pales and Angelica Prevute contributed.
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Utah
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Elise Garner
Fremont High School
Kennedy
United States
John F. Kennedy
Jordan Hintze
Davis High
Andrew Jackson
Jfk
Teddy Roosevelt
Relatively Unknown Presidents Highlight in Day of Presidents
Some leaders are less well known though they shaped history. John Quincy Adams served as secretary to the American ambassador to Russia at 14 and later won a seat in Congress in 1824 after a three way race. He was the first son of a president to become president himself. See LEADERS Page 7A.
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George Washington
Washington
Washington, D.C
Hunter Pales
Fremont High
John F
Richard Nixon
Nixon
California
England
Bushes
Adamses
George Herbert Walker Bush
George W. Bush
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
James K. Polk
Polk
Oregon
United States
Barack Obama
Obama
America
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Russia
House of Representatives
William Crawford
Andrew Jackson
Our Nation
John Quincy
Political quotes on rebellion and rule of law
A pair of historical quotes emphasize that occasional rebellion sustains political order and that obedience to law is a right not a favor. The first likens rebellion to storms in nature as a healthy check, the second proclaims no one is above or below the law and that obedience is demanded universally.
To IB or not to IB a college prep diary entry
Olivia Andrus a sophomore at Ogden High School writes about choosing the International Baccalaureate program. She notes the program demands six tests six subjects and 150 hours of creative action and service while offering worldwide college recognition and potential credit.
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Heather Gerrard
Ogden High School
Gerrard
Shaundra Johnston
Ogden High
Johnston
Olivia Andrus
Lvyandrus
First Lady Firsts Highlight Political Trailblazers
The Bottom Line outlines notable firsts by First Ladies Abigail Fillmore Florence Harding Eleanor Roosevelt and Pat Nixon, noting Fillmore taught before marriage, Harding voted, Roosevelt held press conferences, and Nixon wore pants in public.
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Abigail Fillmore
Florence Harding
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pat Nixon
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Shaylie Stephens
Franklin D.roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Logan Platt
Bonneville High
Roosevelt
Morgan Pales
Gmail
Angelica Prevute
TX. Weber High
Theodore Roosevelt
Olivia
Andrus
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