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Saturday Top Comments: Legacy [1]
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Date: 2025-05-31
I am writing this on Wednesday, May 28. I have just heard that Harrison Ruffin Tyler has died at the age of 96. Who is Harrison Tyler, you may ask? He is the grandson of the TENTH President of the United States, John Tyler, whose term ran from 1841 until 1845. I’ll let you ponder as we pause for Station Identification.
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John Tyler was born in 1790, one year after George Washington was sworn in for the first time. His son was born when he was 60. Tyler’s son Lyon had Harrison Tyler in 1928 when he was 75 years old and President Tyler had been dead for 60 years. Think about your own families. I have a grandmother that was born in 1900. So from my grandmother’s birth until today, one hundred twenty-five years have passed. In order for me to equal the space between John Tyler’s birth and Harrison Tyler’s death, I would have to live for another one hundred and five years. I’m 58. I don’t see that happening. Think about that. In the span between the birth of a man and the death of his grandson, the entire history of this country has elapsed. Talk about a legacy. The Tyler family continues, of course, but the generations will more likely than not be born at a more “normal” rate, like my personal family history.
And before anyone says anything, I know about the Tylers and their devotion to “Southern Causes”. But this is a thing to ponder, and much hay was made of it when Harrison’s older brother Lyon died a few years ago.
Anyway, that was a Thing that Happened that I thought was interesting.
Next week, I’ll be penning a rant based on dialogue and diaries seen here this past week that gets my teacher blood up. Stay tuned.
Now, on to Tops!
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Top Mojo for yesterday May 30, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo.
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