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Take the Presidents' Day Challenge
Get ready for Presidents’ Day on February 15 with these fun facts. Then answer the two challenge questions.
Mount Rushmore
The monument in South Dakota honors four U.S. presidents and took 14 years to carve.
Question 1: Can you name these four men?
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the tallest president, at 6 feet 4 inches.
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President Thomas Jefferson loved mac and cheese. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gobbled up hot dogs. And President Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans!
Teddy Roosevelt
President Teddy Roosevelt and his family had more pets than any other first family, including a badger, a pony, guinea pigs, and an owl.
States that have given us the most presidents
Question 2: How many presidents in total have come from these three states?
If you lived as president in the White House, you could . . .
Go for strikes in your own bowling alley
Splash around in your swimming pool
Take off and land in a helicopter on your lawn