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☆ Many American Revolutionaries were younger than you'd think when they declared independence from Britain
  + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Megan Harney | Lindsay Demunno | Dominic-Madori Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
In 2013, he listed some famous figures who were surprisingly young when the American Revolution began. For example, Alexander Hamilton was only 21 years old and James Monroe was just 18. Others were surprisingly young — even teenagers. James Monroe, for example, was 18 and Alexander Hamilton was 21. In 2013, Todd Andrlik, an authority on 18th-century newspapers, compiled a list of the ages of famous people at the start of the American Revolution for the Journal of the American Revolution.
Persons: Todd Andrlik, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, —, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin Organizations: American Revolution, Service, American Revolutionaries, American Locations: American, Britain, Independence
☆ How the White House Easter Egg Roll became one of the oldest American traditions
  + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Megan Harney | Ellen Cranley | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
On Easter Monday, the hottest ticket in Washington, DC, is the annual Easter Egg Roll. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden participate in the 2023 White House Easter Egg Roll in April 2023. Evan Vucci/APWashingtonian families have spent the day on the South Lawn of the White House rolling and playing with their dyed Easter eggs since President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the gates to the Executive Mansion in 1878. Since then, the affair has become one of the most high-profile events that takes place at the White House each year. In a 2017 interview with The New York Times, Melinda Bates, who organized eight years of Clinton-era Easter Egg Rolls said, "The White House and the first lady are judged on how well they put it on."
☆ Photos show how the White House has celebrated Christmas through the years
  + stars: | 2021-11-29 | by ( Megan Harney | Ellen Cranley | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
The White House halls have been decked for the holidays every December since John and Abigail Adams held the first White House Christmas party in 1800. Installing the wreath at the White House entrance in 1937. Library of CongressThe Adams' White House Christmas party was held in honor of their 4-year-old granddaughter Susanna Boylston Adams.
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