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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Benjamin Harrison and the Body Snatchers
Grave robbing, and its cousin, body snatching has been around since antiquity. Grave Robbers and Body Snatchers Archaeologists always sigh at the amount of priceless treasure and artifacts and history lost over the centuries to grave robbers who search tombs … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Harrison's father, body snatching, Brigadier General Benjamin Harrison, Feather Schwartz Foster, grave robbing, history, John Scott Harrison, Medical College of Ohio, President William Henry Harrison, Stealing John Harrison's body, The death of John Scott Harrison, The funeral of John Scott Harrison, US history, William Henry Harrison
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William McKinley and Czolgosz the Assassin
William McKinley was one of the best liked Presidents. Why would anyone want to kill him? William McKinley, the Popular By all accounts, William McKinley was a warm, friendly and agreeable fellow. Born in 1843 in a small Ohio town, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassin Czolgosz, McKinley's popularity, political anarchists, President William McKinley, presidential assassins, presidential assinations, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, the assassination of McKinley, the Pan American Exhibition in 1901, US history, White House history, William McKinley, William McKinley's assassination
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Mrs. Coolidge and Baseball: A Love Affair
Calvin Coolidge liked baseball so-so. But First Lady Grace Coolidge was a enthusiastic fan! Coolidge the Indifferent Sport Calvin Coolidge was always a hard fellow to figure, unless, of course, you were a New Englander. Then he was easy to … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Calvin Coolidge
Tagged Al Jolson, American history, Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Calvin Coolidge, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Grace Coolidge, First Lady History, Grace Coolidge, history, Mary Pickford, New York Yankees, President Calvin Coolidge, Presidential history, Presidents and baseball, The Washington Senators baseball team, US history, Warren Harding, White House history, Will Rogers, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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Robert E. Lee at the Crossroads
April 9, 1865 was only the beginning of a difficult time in the life of Robert E. Lee. The Surrender It was a horrible day for General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). He has been famously quoted as preferring to … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Appomattox Court House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Plantation, Civil War history, Confederate history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Mary Anne Custis Lee, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, The American Civil War, The Army of Northern Virginia, The assassination of Lincoln, the Confederate Army, the great-grandaughter of Martha Washington, US history
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Thomas Jefferson’s Merry Party
Thomas Jefferson was a sophisticated gentleman, not usually associated with rudeness, but… President Jefferson’s Hosting Attitudes Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) had grown up in a time and place of elegance and form. As a young student at William and Mary, he … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged "pell-mell", Ambassador Anthony Merry, Ambassador's wife Elizabeth Merry, American history, British Minister Anthony Merry, Dolley Madison, early Washington DC, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington's Secretary of State, history, James Madison, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Secretary of State James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, THomas Jefferson's entertaining style, US history, White House history
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