Plan to again dig up President Polk's body stirs trouble

Sunday, March 26, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- President James K. Polk did big things for America, dramatically expanding its borders by annexing Texas and seizing California and the Southwest in a war with Mexico.

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