Showing posts with label thomas jefferson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thomas jefferson. Show all posts

Monday, January 2, 2012

Fact of the Day: Copper Nickels

Despite it's name, American nickels are mostly copper. They're 75% copper and only 25% nickel.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Fact of the Day: First Lady Oddity


While Washington's and Adam's wives became first ladies, Jefferson was a widower at the time of his presidency. So his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph is considered the 3rd first lady of the United States in place of her mother.