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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Mary Lincoln’s Tablecloth: A Metaphor
In an apt metaphor, Mary brought the tablecloth and the good dishes to the Lincoln table. Mary Lincoln is unquestionably a divisive figure. She was divisive in her own time, and nearly two centuries later, remains so. People either … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Elizabeth Todd Edwards, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, IL, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's education, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mary Todd's family, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the Lincoln house in Springfield, Todd objections to the Lincoln marriage, US history, White House history
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Thomas Jefferson’s Enlightened Palate
Thomas Jefferson was always a slender man. He ate sparingly – but what he ate was always magnificently prepared from the finest ingredients available. Thomas Jefferson was unquestionably born with a brilliant and curious mind. As the poster child of … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Presidential Sites, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Colonia Governor Francis Fauquier, Feather Schwartz Foster, Founding Fathers, history, Jefferson in Pariso, Jefferson's kitchen gardens, Jefferson's Monticello, MOnticello, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, the Monticello gardens, Thomas Jefferson, THomas Jefferson the gardener, White House history
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Dolley Madison’s Heartache: Payne Todd
Dolley and James Madison had no children of their own. John Payne Todd was the son of her first marriage. Dolley and James Madison Are Wed The Widow Todd, as she was then called, was helping manage her mother’s … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison, Nifty History People
Tagged Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison's son Payne Todd, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Dolley's son Payne, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, history, James Madison, Madison stepson, Montpelier, Payne Todd, President James Madison, Presidential families, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Quentin & Flora: A Roosevelt and a Vanderbilt in Love during the Great War : A Book Review
Quentin & Flora: A Roosevelt and a Vanderbilt in Love during the Great War focuses on two years of a love story – but it is a wonderful love story, family story and coming-of-age story, all against the background of … Continue reading
Posted in Recommended Reading, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, book reviews, Chip Bishop, Edith Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, Flora Payne Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, history, Quentin & Flora, Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's sons, TR, World War I
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Nellie Taft, Edwardian
No one wanted to be First Lady more than Helen Herron Taft! The Root of Nellie Taft’s Ambition Nellie Taft (1861-1943) had her eye on the White House from her teens. Her family was prominent in Cincinnati, Ohio, and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Helen Taft, First Lady Nellie Taft, Helen Herron Taft, history, Nellie Taft, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Rutherford Hayes, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Smithsonian First Ladies exhibit, U.S. history, White House history, William Howard Taft
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