June 10, 1845
President Andrew Jackson's parrot is removed from his funeral for excessive cursing.
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This piece is from the History Shapes Archive, a collection of over 60 single-panel gag cartoons going all the way back to 2018. Republished in full throughout 2023 only on historyshapes.com.
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