Talking about Deaf Gain! Interesting Deaf History Facts with US Presidents I know few of you may receive this one. But wanted to share with you all. Enjoy! 1. THOMAS JEFFERSON HAD A DEAF SLAVE FAMILY AT MONTICELLO. THEIR EXPERTISE IN MAKING THE FINEST VIRGINIAN WINE FROM ITS VINEYARD. 2. THEODORE ROOSEVELT HAD A DEAF GUIDE ON HIS EXPLORATION OF THE WEST DISCOVERED AN AREA WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 3. GEORGE W. BUSH OFTEN JOGGED WITH GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, I. KING JORDAN, ON THE GALLAUDET TRACK. 4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN LEARNED FINGERSPELLING FROM EDWARD MINER GALLAUDET AT THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE ATTENDING FORD THEATER THAT EVENING. 5. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER OFTEN USES A DEAF WAR DEPARTMENT CIVILIANS TO SEND SECRET CODES IN SIGN LANGUAGE TO HIS FIELD OFFICERS BEFORE THE D-DAY TO AVOID INTERCEPTION BY THE NAZIS. 6. GEORGE WASHINGTON TEMPORARY USES A YORKTOWN DEAF FAMILYS HOME AS HIS HEADQUARTERS IN OCTOBER 1781, SITE OF THE LAST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 7. ANDREW OLD HICKORY JACKSON ONCE KILLED A DEAF MAN IN A DUEL OVER HIS GIRLFRIEND BEFORE THE WAR OF 1812 IN NEW ORLEANS. 8. RONALD THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR REAGAN ONCE HAD A CHARACTER ROLE OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL IN A FILM WHICH WAS NEVER RELEASED. 9. JOHN F. KENNEDY OFTEN PARTY ON MARTHAS VINEYARD IN WHICH A FEW LOCAL DEAF RESIDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE. 10. IN 1918, WOODROW WILSON BECAME WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT EVER TO BE A COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AT GALLAUDET COLLEGE. HE USED THE OCCASION TO PROMOTE THE LEAGUE OF NATION. 11. A DEAF WHITE HOUSE AIDE PUSHEED FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, A VICTIM OF POLIO IN HIS WHEELCHAIR ON HIS CAMPAIGNS FOR REELECTIONS. 12. RICHARD M. NIXON WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO USE A CERTIFIED SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS FOR HIS RESIGNATION SPEECH SHORTLY AFTER WATERGATE.
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