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We are fortunate to have Mike Rhode on our team. Mike is a volunteer for the Park Service, retired high school teacher, and Bow Tie Tour guide extraordinaire. Join us this month to celebrate George Washington's birthday, and ask about our special Washington's Birthday Tour package, which includes tours of Philadelphia, Washington Crossing, Brandywine, and Valley Forge! Call us at 610-642-2410 to ask us about our special Washington Birthday package, or check out our website at bowtietours.com for our regular tours.

WHEN GRANT PARDONED ELECTION FRAUD The year was 1872, the the choice could not be more stark. Ulysses Grant stood for ending the Ku-Klux-Klan by any means necessary and pushing towards "Negro rights" which, at that time, meant voting rights as well as the right to live peaceable lives without threat of death or torture merely because of the color of their skin. The "Liberal Republican Party" opposition came in the form of Horace Greeley, once an ardent abolitionist but now, i...n one of those gymnastic ideological acts of legerdemain so common in the world of self-interest and politics, a defender of southern rights. Grant easily defeated Greeley, winning 3,598,235 votes. One of the votes was cast by a woman - Susan B. Anthony. Anthony was a tepid supporter of Grant but an ardent opponent of Greeley's. As a challenge to the laws baring women from voting, she registered to vote in Rochester, New York. The registrants permitted her to cast her vote for Grant. She was arrested, tried, and found guilty. She was not sent to jail - however, the election registrars were. Hearing of this, Anthony appealed to Grant who immediately pardoned the men, shortening their prison sentences to five days.

WHERE IS WINFIELD SCOTT WHEN YOU NEED HIM? In 1860, prior to the senate’s counting of the electoral votes that would confirm Abraham Lincoln’s election, it was learned that there was a conspiracy of individuals who planned to show up in Washington D.C. and disrupt and potentially prevent the process, making it impossible for Lincoln to take office. General Scott said, I supposed I had suppressed that infamy. Has it been resuscitated? I have said that any man who attempted by... force or unparliamentary disorder to obstruct or interfere with the lawful count of the electoral vote for President and Vice-President of the United States should be lashed to the muzzle of a twelve-pounder and fired out a window of the Capitol. I would manure the hills of Arlington with the fragments of his body, were he a Senator or chief magistrate of my native state! While I command the army there will be no revolution in the city of Washington! See more

Today is Elvis' birthday! Check out my podcast (for Indispensable Leadership) on Elvis and what we can learn from him. Happy Elvis Day. http://indispensableleadership.com/elvis/

We are pleased to announce that Neil Ronk has joined Bow Tie Tours to give walking tours in Philadelphia as well as driving/walking tours at Valley Forge, Washington's Crossing, Brandywine, and Gettysburg. Neil has spent the bulk of the last couple decades educating and entertaining those visitors to Christ Church, Philadelphia, who were fortunate enough to visit when he was there. He can answer any question you have about early American and Civil War era history. And don't get him started on European soccer - Neil spent three years playing soccer at college at an elite Division three program. Now is the best time to get an exclusive tour with Neil - give us a call at 610-642-2410, or order your tour directly on bowtietours.com.