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Plodding Through The Presidents is a history podcast featuring lesser-known stories about the early US presidents and their families.

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The Adams Family - John and Abigail Adams Mug
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Description: The O.G. Adams family was John and Abigail Adams, and their passion for each other was just as strong as Gomez and Morticia's. American history meets the macabre, and the Adams family meets the Addams family.

Tags: abigail adams, adams family, addams family, american history, founding fathers

The Adams Family - John and Abigail Adams Mug

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Lafayette Farewell Tour 1824 - 1825 Mug
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Description: The Marquis de Lafayette famously toured the United States in 1824 - 1825, and this Lafayette Farewell Tour design celebrates the 200th anniversary of the triumphant US tour of America's favorite fighting Frenchman. The back side (available on t-shirts only) features a list of cities Lafayette visited on his cross-country trek.

Tags: 1776, american history, american revolution, funny history, history

Lafayette Farewell Tour 1824 - 1825 Mug

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Facts Are Stubborn Things - John Adams Mug
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Description: This famous quote from John Adams is perfect for history lovers who feel like they're living in the Upside Down.

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Facts Are Stubborn Things - John Adams Mug

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William Henry Harrison - For A Good Time Not A Long Time Mug

Description: William Henry Harrison was the ninth president, and only served for 31 days before he died. It's commonly reported that he died of pneumonia, caught after giving a long inauguration speech in the rain without a jacket. Recent research suggests his death was more likely a result of bacteria from the "night soil" near the White House. Good times!

Tags: funny history, presidents, history buff, us history, american history

William Henry Harrison - For A Good Time Not A Long Time Mug

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Plodding Through The Presidents Logo Mug

Description: Show off your favorite irreverent history podcast (Plodding Through The Presidents) with our cover art!

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Plodding Through The Presidents Logo Mug

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The Adams Family - John & Abigail Adams Mug
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Description: Those lovebirds John Adams and Abigail Adams may not be creepy and kooky, but... Actually, John was pretty kooky come to think of it, and their house IS a museum. And you'll be a scream showing off your love of America's favorite founding family, however you spell it.

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The Adams Family - John & Abigail Adams Mug

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John Adams Tries Harder Mug
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Description: As the first vice president and second president of the United States, John Adams was used to being Number 2. That doesn't mean he didn't give it his all—like the Avis car rental company, John Adams always tried his hardest, even when it Hertz.

Tags: 1776, american presidents, declaration of independence, funny history, history lover

John Adams Tries Harder Mug

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Gouverneur Morris - Bone To Pick Mug

Description: This peg-legged philandering "Penman of the Constitution" is the most fascinating Founder most people have never heard of. Gouverneur Morris fully deserves his own musical, though it might be best to cut out his death scene. We certainly didn't shy away from talking about it in one of our favorite episodes, "Gouverneur Morris and the Vampire of Bizarre."

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Gouverneur Morris - Bone To Pick Mug

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Mount Jerry - Warren G. Harding Mug
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Description: President Warren G. Harding died in 1923, but his most scandalous love letters were not released to the public until 2014. Among them was a letter to his mistress Carrie Fulton Phillips where he wrote: "Wish I could take you to Mount Jerry. Wonderful spot. Not in the geographies but a heavenly place." (Jerry was the name he gave his...teapot dome.)

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Mount Jerry - Warren G. Harding Mug

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Hello Billy Possum Mug
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Description: Championed as the successor to the Teddy Bear, the Billy Possum was a stuffed toy inspired by a famous possum dinner honoring William Howard Taft. Somehow, Billy Possum did not replace the teddy bear in the hearts of the nation's children, but the story of the wild efforts to promote this toy did make for one of our favorite episodes.

Tags: american history, history, history teacher gift, possums, presidents

Hello Billy Possum Mug

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Thomas Jefferson's Four-Horned Rams (White Print Variant) Mug

Description: In 1808, the White House lawn was a dangerous place. Not because of the two grizzly bears in the yard (they were in a cage) but because of a little four-horned Shetland ram described as beautiful, wicked, and abominable. This little creature, the subject of our episode "Thomas Jefferson's Killer Ram," was responsible for the first recorded death on the White House property.

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Thomas Jefferson's Four-Horned Rams (White Print Variant) Mug

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John Adams - Daddy Vice Mug
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Description: As the first Vice President of the United States, John Adams was sometimes called "Daddy Vice," a term he even used himself. Like kids passing notes in class, a Congressman once passed a note with this poem making fun of Adams: "I’ll tell in a trice- ‘Tis old Daddy Vice Who carries of pride an ass-load; Who turns up his nose, Wherever he goes, With vanity swelled like a toad." With this design you can set quite the vice precedent by marrying the best of 1790s New York and 1980s Miami.

Tags: american history, american revolution, founding fathers, funny history, george washington

John Adams - Daddy Vice Mug

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Hamilton Gremlins - Raise A Glass To The Four Of Us Mug
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Description: Hamilton meets Gremlins in this revolutionary design that brings a whole new batch of fun to Broadway with these young, furry, and hungry revolutionaries. Speaking of hungry, if they ask for food after midnight...say no to this if you want to tell the story of tonight.

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Hamilton Gremlins - Raise A Glass To The Four Of Us Mug

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Sometimes Absolutely Mad - John Adams Mug
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Description: Benjamin Franklin referred to John Adams as "always an honest man, often a great one, but sometimes absolutely mad." And honestly, who can't relate to that?

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Sometimes Absolutely Mad - John Adams Mug

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Facts Are Stubborn Things - John Adams (Version 3) Mug

Description: This design is perfect for the history lover who feels like they're living in the Upside Down. Though John Adams didn't invent this famous quote, he famously used it in 1770 when he defended British soldiers for their role in the Boston Massacre, saying "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

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Facts Are Stubborn Things - John Adams (Version 3) Mug

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Facts Are Stubborn Things - John Adams (Variant) Mug
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Description: This famous quote from John Adams is perfect for history lovers who feel like they're living in the Upside Down.

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Facts Are Stubborn Things - John Adams (Variant) Mug

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Plodding Through The Presidents - Peeking George Mug
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Description: Don't be shy about showing off your Plodding Through The Presidents gear! Even George Washington is curious to see what all the fuss is about.

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Plodding Through The Presidents - Peeking George Mug

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The John Adams Diet Mug
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Description: President John Adams lived to be 90 years old and was just as fat, sassy, and brilliant as ever (aside from the fact he was nearly blind and completely toothless). By taking lessons from his life and his founding dad bod, you too can be just as obnoxious and disliked as he was.

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The John Adams Diet Mug

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Plodding Through The Presidents logo Mug

Description: Show off your favorite podcast with this Plodding Through The Presidents design.

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Plodding Through The Presidents logo Mug

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Sit Down John Adams Mug
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Description: Founding father John Adams gets no respect, especially in musicals like 1776 and Hamilton.

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Sit Down John Adams Mug

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Incredible Dolley Madison Mug
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Description: This vintage comic book style design depicts an alternate version of the day during the War of 1812 when the British burned the White House just hours after first lady Dolley Madison had its valuables loaded onto wagons. This design answers the questions: What if Dolley Madison hadn't rejected her house manager's idea to blow up the White House when it was full of British troops? And what if the tornado that blew through Washington DC the next day had come early? Dolley is pictured here with two things she made sure escaped the White House that day: Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington, and her pet macaw Polly—star of the Plodding Through The Presidents episode "Potty-Mouthed Parrots."

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Incredible Dolley Madison Mug

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George Washington's Dogs Mug

Description: George Washington has a well-earned reputation for being a bit stuffy, but he definitely found humor in giving his dogs names like Vulcan, Venus, Truelove, Drunkard, and Sweetlips. We'd like to imagine those awkward moments when George hollered, "Come here, Sweetlips!" and Martha and the dog both turned around.

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George Washington's Dogs Mug

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The Manhattan Company - Pure and Wholesome Water You Can Bank On Mug
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Description: An obscure reference to the scurrilous Burr! In 1799, New York City needed clean water and Aaron Burr needed money and power, so he convinced Alexander Hamilton to help him charter The Manhattan Company—a water company that would bring "pure and wholesome water" to lower Manhattan. Buried in the charter's language was a clause allowing it to use its excess funds for anything it wanted, which let Burr create a bank that helped his Democratic-Republican Party win the Election of 1800 and went on to become the powerful Chase Manhattan Bank.

Tags: manhattan bank, us history, history, alexander hamilton, new york history

The Manhattan Company - Pure and Wholesome Water You Can Bank On Mug

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Plodding Through The Presidents - Cover Art Mug

Description: Show your love for Plodding Through The Presidents with this bingeworthy cover art.

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Plodding Through The Presidents - Cover Art Mug

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