Andrew Johnson's journey to the White House was unlike any other.
Born into poverty in 1808, he never attended school and remained unable to read or write for much of his childhood. It was his wife, Eliza, who later helped teach him how to read and improve his writing.
Despite his humble beginnings, Johnson entered politics and eventually became the 17th President of the United States after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.
Johnson strongly believed in the Constitution and often defended his actions by arguing that he was protecting it.
When he died in 1875, he made an unusual final request.
He wanted to be buried wrapped in an American flag, with a copy of the U.S. Constitution placed beneath his head.
Friends and family honoured his wishes.
More than a century later, it remains one of the most unique presidential burials in American history.
Whether people agreed with his presidency or not, Andrew Johnson wanted the world to know one thing:
His loyalty to the Constitution lasted until the very end.
The FBI has spent years trying to recruit top computer hackers and cybersecurity experts.
There's just one problem.
Many of the people with the skills the FBI wants don't meet the agency's hiring requirements.
According to reports, one major obstacle has been marijuana use.
While marijuana laws have become more relaxed in many parts of the United States, federal agencies like the FBI have traditionally maintained strict standards for applicants.
As a result, some talented hackers and cybersecurity specialists have been disqualified from consideration.
Former officials have acknowledged that the policy created recruiting challenges, especially when competing with private tech companies that often pay more and have fewer restrictions.
The FBI needs the best hackers it can find.
The question is: should past marijuana use prevent someone from protecting the country?
Louis Zamperini was an Olympic runner preparing for the prime of his athletic career when World War II changed everything.
In 1943, while serving as a bombardier in the U.S. Army Air Forces, his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
Of the 11 men on board, only three survived.
Stranded on a small life raft, Louis drifted across the open ocean for 47 days.
He battled starvation, dehydration, storms, and even sharks that circled beneath the raft.
At one point, a Japanese aircraft spotted the survivors and opened fire on them.
Yet somehow, they survived.
But their nightmare was far from over.
After 47 days at sea, Louis was captured by Japanese forces and sent to a series of brutal prisoner-of-war camps.
There, he endured years of beatings, torture, and starvation.
Many prisoners didn't make it home.
Louis did.
After the war ended, he returned to the United States and rebuilt his life.
The man who survived a plane crash, 47 days adrift at sea, and years in a POW camp became one of the greatest survival stories of the 20th century.
Chris Kyle grew up in Texas and dreamed of becoming a cowboy.
Instead, he became one of the most feared snipers in modern warfare.
After joining the U.S. Navy SEALs, Kyle served four tours in Iraq, where his precision and battlefield effectiveness earned him the title of the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history.
As stories of his exploits spread, Iraqi insurgents reportedly placed a $20,000 bounty on his head and nicknamed him "The Devil of Ramadi."
Many American soldiers credited him with saving their lives by eliminating threats before they could strike.
The bounty on his head continued to rise, making him one of the most wanted men in Iraq.
Yet despite facing countless ambushes, roadside bombs, and enemy snipers, Chris Kyle survived the war.
When he returned home, he focused on helping veterans struggling with PTSD and the invisible wounds of combat.
But in 2013, while trying to help a troubled former Marine at a shooting range in Texas, Kyle was shot and killed.
The man who survived four tours of one of the deadliest wars of the 21st century lost his life while trying to help a fellow veteran.
He was 38 years old.
Today, many still remember him as a warrior, a protector, and a man who spent his final years helping others who had served.
Victoria Soto was a 27-year-old first-grade teacher. On December 14, 2012, a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School.
As the shooting began, Victoria rushed her students into a closet and told them to stay quiet. When the gunman entered the classroom, she tried to protect the children and keep them hidden. Victoria was killed that day.
According to accounts from survivors and reports that followed, her actions helped save 16 students.She is remembered as a hero who gave her life protecting her children.
In 1944, a young soldier named Thomas was declared dead during the war after his entire unit disappeared behind enemy lines.
Days later, officers arrived at his home with the news.
His wife Eleanor refused to believe it at first… but after months passed with no letters, no body, and no answers, the world moved on.
She never did.
Years passed. Friends begged her to remarry. Men tried to court her. She refused every single one.
“She already gave her heart away,” people would whisper.
For 11 years, Eleanor lived alone wearing the same wedding ring, keeping Thomas’s old letters in a wooden box beside her bed.
Then one rainy evening in 1955, someone knocked on her front door.
A thin, exhausted man stood there in an old military coat.
It was Thomas.
He had been captured as a prisoner of war for over a decade and was finally released.
Eleanor collapsed into tears the moment she saw him.
She had waited 11 years for a man everyone else believed was dead.
🚨Old 9/11 video surfaces: While Donald Trump marched into the war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris was hanging with her boyfriend, Montel Williams.
#politics
🚨Iranian-Canadian politician sounds the alarm for America
As an Iranian, I can tell you. nobody in the Middle East blocks intersections for public prayers and Allahu Akbar chants. They’re doing it in the West on purpose: to assert Islamic dominance and transform your country into Sharia law
American citizen breaks down in tears because she is now living in her car “for the foreseeable future”
She has a job but rent prices are so out of control in America and you need 2.5x the rent to qualify for an apartment, she has to live in her car
Rent is out of control
Former MLB Pitcher John Rocker visits a taxpayer funded daycare in Columbus Ohio named Maandandeeq Child Care Learning Center The place is open, there are no kids.
The only person there is an angry migrant that screams at them to leave American taxpayers are getting destroyed
This woman has never voted in a Presidential Election other than for Donald Trump in 2020
While reviewing her voting history it seems Democrats have been voting for her in the last 3 elections
America needs Voter ID, Paper Ballots and Same Day Voting
Appreciation post for @ScottPresler work in Pennsylvania hasn’t gone unnoticed.
Here’s one of his most talked-about moments:
Why are illegal immigrants more important than Americans?
These 140 workers picking strawberries in Florida are ALL here LEGALLY — brought in through the H-2A visa program specifically for American farms.
Democrats keep lying that we ‘need’ illegal labor.
No we don't. Legal workers get the job done. Stop the excuses.
🚨LONDON:-British man dressed in a full burqa and walked past police officers to prove his claims of a loophole in facial recognition and stop-and-search enforcement.
The man says anyone wearing a burqa in the UK gets the “Infinite Freedom Glitch”
He’s right
#politics
🚨Outrageous:-This woman’s 6 year old son “expressed conservative values” in his classroom The teacher created a certificate for him that said “Most likely to become a Dictator” and presented it to him in front of his entire class while classmates called him a “Naziphile”
The indoctrination taking place in our education system is a national emergency
#politics
A huge Muslim prayer gathering takes over the streets in Dallas… until one Christian man steps up and boldly prays
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Islam.' This is resistance.
A daughter watches her stepfather finally receive his U.S. citizenship in Texas after years of hard work.
He brought an American flag to proudly wave as he was handed his official documents 🇺🇸
This is how it’s done.