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Monthly Archives: September 2019
James Garfield Goes to Congress
…with a little help from President Lincoln. Maybe. JAG: A Brief History Ohio born James Garfield (1831-81) had a very unpromising start in life. His father died when he was two, with little to leave the family. His mother later … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, James Garfield
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Shiloh, Civil War history, Congressman James A. Garfield, Feather Schwartz Foster, Geauga Academy, General Don Carlos Buell, General James Garfield, Hiram College, history, James A. Garfield, James Garfield, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, US history, White House history, Williams College
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Theodore Roosevelt Takes the Plunger
One would be hard pressed to find a more adventuresome POTUS than Theodore Roosevelt. The Young Fella Theodore Roosevelt became President suddenly. He had been a reluctant candidate for Vice President under William McKinley in 1900, but the McKinley-Roosevelt ticket … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, American history, Chester W. Nimitz, early submarine design, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, history, Leonardo DaVinci, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Sagamore Hill, Submarine Hunley, Submarine Plunger (SS2), Submarine Shark, Submarine Turtle, submarines, Theodore Roosevelt, Travel in the 19th century, Travel in the early 20th century, US history, US naval history, US submarines
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The Monroe Plateau
…Arguably the second oldest permanent possession of the White House… The Return of the White House Shortly after Dolley Madison “rescued” the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington (the oldest possession) in 1814, British soldiers torched the White House, as … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, James Monroe, Martin Van Buren
Tagged American history, Dining at the White House, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington, history, James Monroe, Monroe Plateau, President Andrew Jackson, President James Monroe, President Martin Van Buren, Presidential entertaining, Presidential history, The Monroe Plateau, The White House, US history, White House history
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The Washington Monument and The Pope’s Stone
The Washington Monument took more than 40 years to build. Planning the Monument As one might expect, circa 1832 Congress planned to commemorate the man whose name became the nation’s capital. Dozens of ideas were proposed and debated. The arguments … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, George Washington, James K. Polk, Presidential Sites, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American history, Building the Washington Monument, Chester Alan Arthur, Dolley Madison, Donations of stones for the Washington Monument, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, history, James K. Polk, Pope John Paul II replaces the Pope's stone, Presidential history, The Pope's Stone for the Washington Monument, The Washington Monument, US history, Washington DC history, Washington history
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John Quincy Adams and Anne Royall
The curmudgeon and the public nuisance: an odd couple. John Quincy Adams When John Quincy Adams became President in 1825, there were few who could match his stellar credentials: A cosmopolitan European education, Harvard graduate, legislative appointments and a long … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Anne Royall, Author John Forney, books by Anne Royall, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, JA anecdotal history, John Quincy Adams, Journalist Anne Royall, JQ Adams, JQ Adams swims in the river, President John Quincy Adams, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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