Posted on 02/17/2014 4:25:36 AM PST by Carriage Hill
More than 200 years after Alexander Hamilton’s death, an online coupon company has given the Founding Father a historic promotion.
Deal website Groupon launched a Presidents Day tie-in of $10 off when customers purchase a $40 coupon for a local business.
The problem is, the promotion honors President Alexander Hamilton -- who was never president of the United States.
According to MyFoxNY.com, the promo calls Hamilton "undeniably one of our greatest presidents and most widely recognized for establishing the country's financial system."
Hamilton, the nation's first secretary of the Treasury, was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a pistol duel.
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He did invent beer.
This Country needs a President like Jackson right now. For that matter it might be time to bring duels back to politics.
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