FSSB #3 – Find the Founding Fathers

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January 14, 2014 at 7:56 pm #991218

cvcalhoun
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So, does the photo have to include both first and last names, or just last? I’m thinking, for example, that since there is no John Adams memorial, the contest may be quite short if we have to find something with “John Adams” in it. On the other hand, the Washington Marina doesn’t include “George” in it. If the last name is enough, I’m sure we could find plenty of things around here that had just “Adams” in them.

And is “could be perceived to represent” broad enough to include things not actually named after a President, but after someone else with the same surname?

January 14, 2014 at 8:01 pm #991220

Mikey
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@cvcalhoun 74752 wrote:

So, does the photo have to include both first and last names, or just last? I’m thinking, for example, that since there is no John Adams memorial, the contest may be quite short if we have to find something with “John Adams” in it. On the other hand, the Washington Marina doesn’t include “George” in it. If the last name is enough, I’m sure we could find plenty of things around here that had just “Adams” in them.

And is “could be perceived to represent” broad enough to include things not actually named after a President, but after someone else with the same surname?

Last names are okay, First names are a little weak (John probably won’t get three likes), obscure first or middle names that can be attributed to the president are fine – “Millhouse, Quincy, Dubbya” it can even be a place that the president is obviously linked to. Chicanery and Obfuscation are encouraged.

January 14, 2014 at 8:02 pm #991221

cyclingfool
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Love the challenge. Trying to think a couple presidents ahead already to come up with photo opps.

For the historically challenged: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

January 14, 2014 at 8:03 pm #991222

TwoWheelsDC
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Seems like street signs should be off limits.

January 14, 2014 at 8:05 pm #991224

sethpo
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Is this a large group thing or individual?

So, do I need to go out and find my own “Washington” now or do we all start working on Adams?

January 14, 2014 at 8:06 pm #991226

Mikey
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@TwoWheelsDC 74756 wrote:

Seems like street signs should be off limits.

Fair game, but if not creative enough it may not get 3 likes.

January 14, 2014 at 8:07 pm #991227

Mikey
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@sethpo 74758 wrote:

Is this a large group thing or individual?

So, do I need to go out and find my own “Washington” now or do we all start working on Adams?

One Team One fight. we now have 3 likes for Washington so go out and find an Adams, or whomever we are on by the time you get a photo linked to the forum.

January 14, 2014 at 8:09 pm #991229

DismalScientist
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Getting a sufficient number of dislikes might eliminate a post from a thread. Would this not throw a wrench in these matters?

Bwah ha ha.

January 14, 2014 at 8:15 pm #991230

Mikey
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@DismalScientist 74763 wrote:

Getting a sufficient number of dislikes might eliminate a post from a thread. Would this not throw a wrench in these matters?

Bwah ha ha.

Good point Dismal, new rule, 3 more likes than dislikes, and once we/ve moved on to the next President, we’ve moved on. Post an Adams photo and it doesn’t matter how many dislikes my Washington gets.

January 14, 2014 at 8:35 pm #991231

dasgeh
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In case anyone needs to refer to a list:

George Washington (1789-1797)
John Adams (1797-1801)
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
James Madison (1809-1817)
James Monroe (1817-1825)
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
William H. Harrison (1841)
John Tyler (1841-1845)
James K. Polk (1841-1849)
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
James A. Garfield (1881)
Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
William McKinley (1897-1901)
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
William H. Taft (1909-1913)
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack Hussein Obama (2009-Present)

January 15, 2014 at 2:40 pm #991264

Fast Friendly Guy
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Adams

January 15, 2014 at 3:13 pm #991271

Steve O
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@Fast Friendly Guy 74799 wrote:

Adams

And on we go to Jefferson!

January 15, 2014 at 3:16 pm #991272

rcannon100
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Should add to the challenge that it only counts if you find the ACTUAL FDR memorial, not the poseur memorial down by the tidal basin. Anyone know where the actual memorial is? The one FDR asked for? Anyone?

January 15, 2014 at 3:17 pm #991273

DismalScientist
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I expect to see Subby’s bike in front of the city limit sign in Jefferson, MD soon.

January 15, 2014 at 3:18 pm #991275

Fast Friendly Guy
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JEFFERSON
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