Todays speaker was Simon Cork who gave us an interesting talk on Presidents of the United States of America , The Good, Bad and Ugly. It was a Light hearted look at former presidents starting with the first President George Washington 1789-1797 up to Jimmy Carter 1977-1981.
Simons knowledge of the subject was incredible and gave us interesting facts about many of the past Presidents. Grover Cleveland and Teddy Roosevelt were both speed readers who could start and finish a book in a day which came in handy when having to read and sign papers everyday. Being President must have been quite a responsibility , some handled it well others not so much and there was a lot of corruption in the early days. Taking in all the Presidents the average age of them is 55 which Simon said had surprised him.
Four American president have been assassinated and there have been quite a few more attempts on others.