Quote of the day
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
Thaddeus Stevens
Born: April 4, 1792
Died: August 11, 1868 (aged 76)
Bio: Thaddeus Stevens was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s.