For starters, I love history. I also love travel, and if I can get those two to mesh, better still. It's a running gag for those who know me that the first questions I ask myself about going anywhere is 1) "Is there a state capital I can pick up?" and 2) "Is there a dead President buried anywhere nearby?" For almost twenty years, I've managed to collect 38 States, 24 state capitals* and 24 dead Presidents.** However, as of April 2014, I added a twist: selfies.
Say what you want about them- selfies are here to stay. We're inundated with them and while many cannot stand them and see them as another example of the self-narcissism of the millennials, I figure why not combine them with some learning? (Granted, when teachers pick up on the hottest trend, they tend to die months later (the trend not the teacher). Either I am a cultural hero for bringing about the death of selfies or I'll be the villain. Either way, I'm fine with it.)
So as a joke, I took only the second selfie of my life in front of Woodrow Wilson and posted it on Facebook with the caption "Just a selfie of me...and Woodrow Wilson." It was a hit. Then, when I decided to head to Richmond and get three more Presidents, I ran with it: Selfies with Dead Presidents. Here you have the extension of that: the website. It's not a self narcissist tooting of my horn as I hate getting pictures taken (some of the ones you see are the fifth or sixth try to get it right and even then