Former President James K. Polk
Beehive Bookstore is welcoming in the new president, Abe Lincoln’s 200th birthday, and President’s Day with a special 44-day Presidential Honor Roll.
Beginning on Sunday with President Washington at Noon the Bookstore will host every other presidents over the course of the next six weeks.
On Wednesday, January 28, Toby will be spending 15 minutes sharing the words of former President James K. Polk.
The program will feature 10-15 minutes of speaking from one of the president’s speaches, followed by a short reason for choosing that particular President.
For more information contact Beehive Bookstore at 363-2367 or via e-mail.
The date for each Presidents are:
Sun 18-Jan   George Washington  1789-1797
Mon 19-Jan   John Adams             1797-1801
Tues 20-Jan Thomas Jefferson    1801-1809
Wed 21-Jan  James Madison        1809-1817
Thurs 22-Jan James Monroe         1817-1825
Fri 23-Jan     John Quincy Adams 1825-1829
Sat 24-Jan    Andrew Jackson       1829-1837
Sun 25-Jan   Martin Van Buren     1837-1841
Mon 26-Jan   Wm Henry Harrison 1841
Tues 27-Jan  John Tyler                1841-1845
Wed 28-Jan   James K. Polk          1845-1849
Thurs 29-Jan Zachary Taylor        1849-1850
Fri 30-Jan     Millard Fillmore        1850-1853
Sat 31-Jan    Franklin Pierce        1853-1857
Sun 1-Feb     James Buchanan      1857-1861
Mon 2-Feb     Abraham Lincoln     1861-1865
Tues 3-Feb    Andrew Johnson      1865-1869
Wed 4-Feb    Ulysses S. Grant       1869-1877
Thurs 5-Feb  Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881
Fri 6-Feb       James A. Garfield     1881
Sat 7-Feb      Chester A. Arthur     1881-1885
Sun 8-Feb      Grover Cleveland     1885-1889
Mon 9-Feb     Benjamin Harrison   1889-1893
Tues 10-Feb  Grover Cleveland     1893-1897
Wed 11-Feb   William McKinley      1897-1901
Thurs 12-Feb Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
Fri 13-Feb      William H. Taft         1909-1913
Sat 14-Feb     Woodrow Wilson      1913-1921
Sun 15-Feb    Warren G. Harding   1921-1923
Mon 16-Feb    Calvin Coolidge        1923-1929
Tues 17-Feb   Herbert Hoover        1929-1933
Wed 18-Feb   Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945
Thurs 19-Feb Harry Truman           1945-1953
Fri 20-Feb      Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961
Sat 21-Feb     John F. Kennedy        1961-1963
Sun 22-Feb     Lyndon B. Johnson    1963-1969
Mon 23-Feb     Richard Nixon           1969-1974
Tues 24-Feb   Gerald R. Ford           1974-1977
Wed 25-Feb    Jimmy Carter            1977-1981
Thurs 26-Feb  Ronald Reagan          1981-1989
Fri 27-Feb      George H.W. Bush      1989-1993
Sat 28-Feb      William J. Clinton      1993-2001
Sun 1-Mar       George W. Bush         2001-2009
Mon 2-Mar       Barack Obama           2009-
[...] This is part of Bee Hive’s tribute to the presidents. [...]