Monthly Archives: April 2022

General Grant’s No-Exchange Order

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Feather Foster

Hard to Believe, But… After millenniums of savage butchery, more “civilized” armies faced each other on the most favorable empty grounds they could find and they became battlefields, far from villages and towns and private citizens. If a belligerent was … Continue reading →

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Frances Cleveland: Saturday

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Feather Foster

Frances Folsom Cleveland was only 21 when she became First Lady. The Young FLOTUS-To-Be Frances Folsom (1864-1947) was the total antithesis of her husband, sitting President Grover Cleveland. She was young (he was 49), slim and trim (he weighed in … Continue reading →

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Martha Washington’s Speckled Apron 

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Feather Foster

Mistress Custis, Mistress Washington Martha Dandridge (1731-1802) was not born to wealth per se. She was born, very much like George Washington, to a family of gentry. Her father, John Dandridge, owned several hundred acres. This entitled him to a … Continue reading →

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