Known greater for his army prowess than his quick presidency, Taylor’s sudden demise in 1850 sparked theories of foul play, mainly arsenic poisoning. However, current forensic investigations have put ...
Some saw this as a betrayal of the Monroe Doctrine. General Zachary Taylor, a hero of the Mexican War, was an ideal Whig candidate — a military hero (appealing to Northerners), a slave-holder ...
Zachary Taylor was the reluctant candidate of the Whig Party, which nominated him purely on his reputation as a hero of the Mexican–American War. He defeated Democrat Lewis Cass. The election was ...
Dan McLaughlin is distressed that poor Zachary Taylor “deserves ... Mea culpa. I threw in Taylor’s wealth to Trumpify the general, using the fact that as a slaveholder with plantations in ...
AND AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE REMEMBERING THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE THIS AFTERNOON, WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA WAS OUT AT ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL CEMETERY TO ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - For the first time ever, all the veterans laid to rest in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery got a wreath laid on their grave. The cemetery got 11,000 wreaths through the ...
More than 11,000 wreaths were placed at veterans' graves at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery for "Wreaths Across America." It was the first time every veteran's grave at the cemetery received a ...
Zachary Taylor. I suspect we disagree less than that chain of responses would imply. There is much to recommend in his caution that Trump could do to Republicans what happened to the Whigs after ...
But seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from the Mexican ... An angry Polk transferred many of Taylor's troops to General Winfield Scott and ordered Taylor to fight only if he needed ...