President Nixon has always held a fascination for me. I grew up in the era where he was something of an elder statesman who would make appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows my grandpa watched, but he was still the butt of many jokes. In fact, I remember proudly wearing a "Nixon in '92" T-shirt while my middle school history classes discussed the debates between George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. That long-standing interest (plus Nixon's instantly-recognizable "V for victory"), made our 37th president my first beardless president portrait. Happy Presidents Day!
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2020 Calvin Coolidge
2019 George H.W. Bush
2017 Grover Cleveland
2016 Ulysses S. Grant
2012 - 2015 Lincoln, Arthur, Hayes, Taft, Garfield, and T.R. plus an explanation of the whole crazy thing
Bonus: Behind the scenes!
Today's high temperature was 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and Sarah has a terrible case of bronchitis. I wore my suit with snow boots and stood on a step stool for this year's picture. We would go outside, take a few pictures, run back inside to get warm and check our work against the source photo, then go outside to snap a few more. Sarah was patient as I tried to get it just right. No matter how we arranged the shot, all of the North Idaho greenery kept us from getting as plain of a background as Richard Milhous Nixon had on that campaign stop.
