history lesson kids!!!

Martin Van Buren:

who the hell remembers this guy?? no one. it took my damn corn chex cereal box to remind me of him this morning:

- born in 1782, the son of a tevernkeeper (bar owner- good man!)

- 8th president of the US 1837 - 1841

- was the first president BORN IN THE US!!

this caught me as strange at first, previous presidents not being born in the US. i mean, isn't that a major rule for security reasons, that the president be a US citizen? turns out that the 14th amendment (the one that defines citizenship) wasn't ratified until 1868. - thanks google!

and thanks to Remarkable Corn Pockets TM for having the highly informational history lesson on the back of the box.