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« on: July 31, 2014, 07:13:54 PM »

-George Washington did not take communion, and refused prayers or the presence of a minister while on his deathbed
-John Adams had a dog named Satan
-Thomas Jefferson observed Ramadan in December 1805, while hosting a Muslim envoy from Tunis
-Thomas Jefferson wrote a version of the Gospels that stripped out of all miracles (including the resurrection) and any reference to the supernatural or divine
-Mary Lincoln held a séance in the White House
-Abraham Lincoln was shot on Good Friday
-Ulysses Grant was never baptized, and got in trouble for refusing to attend religious services while a student at West Point
-Calvin Coolidge was the first President to have a Christmas tree in the White House, and make Christmas into a public celebration
-"Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, and "In God We Trust" as the motto, weren't added until Eisenhower was President
-Bill Clinton was the first president to light a Hanukkah menorah, but George W. Bush was the first to have a White House Hanukkah celebration and light the menorah in the WH residence

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« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2014, 02:06:54 AM »

-Polk was never baptized as an infant and only got baptized on his deathbed
-James Buchanan did not formally join a church until after his presidency to forestall accusations of hypocraisy
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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2014, 10:09:20 AM »
« Edited: August 01, 2014, 08:27:55 PM by MOP »

-Thomas Jefferson observed Ramadan in December 1805, while hosting a Muslim envoy from Tunis
-Thomas Jefferson wrote a version of the Gospels that stripped out of all miracles (including the resurrection) and any reference to the supernatural or divine

He also owned a copy of the Quran, in addition addition to books on the Arabic language.

And I thought that Barack Obama was our first Muslim President.
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« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2019, 04:16:25 PM »

Any more trivia?
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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2019, 06:59:05 PM »

Two presidents were Dutch Reformed-Martin Van Buren and Theodore Roosevelt. This is notable because it's a very small Denomination, especially compared to the fact that we've had only one Catholic president and Catholicism is the largest Christian Denomination.
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