Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

We’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about the 16th President. In this episode from October 2021, a handwritten letter from an 11 year old convinces presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln to grow a beard. Plus: in 1957, an unusual demonstration in Port Washington, Wisconsin: the “Power Mower of the Future”! Letter to Grace Bedell (Abraham Lincoln Online)The Simplicity “Air-Conditioned Lawnmower” 1957 (Wacky Explorer)Join us as a Patreon backer and we’ll send you a letter saying thanks