Currier & Ives production of Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, during America's unjust war to steal half of Mexico to expand slavery.
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This is the grave of Zachary Taylor. Born in Orange County, Virginia to the Virginia plantation elite, Taylor's father Richard Taylor moved the family when Zachary was young to fresh.
This is the grave of Richard Taylor. Born in 1744 in Orange County, Virginia, Taylor graduated from William and Mary College. He was very interested in westward expansion and exploration.
I guess I will write a post on the election. The 1848 election, that is. Zachary Taylor is an odd president to defend and I'm not really going to do that here, but this piece by the presidential historian Gil Troy in Politico is deeply...