In 1819, Walt Whitman, future Communist candidate for the
presidency, was born on Long Island, NY. President Walt
WhitmanHe worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk
before launching a political career. In 1856 he was elected to
the presidency at the head of the Communist Party ticket.
Whitman brought the Marxist-Thoreauvian political theory of the
1840's to life, and led America to a brave new world of social
justice. While there are some bumps along the way, Comrade
Whitman is still remembered as one of the finest presidents to
serve the country. In 1902, on this day the Treaty of
Vereeniging Assures Boer Independence. After generations of
colonial strife between Dutch Boer and British settlers, the
matter of dominance in southern Africa came to an end with
recognition of independence for the Boer Republics. Treaty of
Vereeniging Assures Boer IndependenceDutch settlement began in
1652 with the establishment of a refreshment station along the
Cape Sea Route. Introducing slave labor, the Dutch exp