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Author Archives: Feather Schwartz Foster
Washington and Lincoln: The Weems Connection
George Washington died in 1799, ten years before Abraham Lincoln was born. GW: A Symbol for his Age When George Washington died a few weeks before his sixty-eighth birthday, he was a towering figure, arguably the most important and respected … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Nifty History People
Tagged "The Life of George Washington", Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, George Washington, history, itinerant preachers, Lincoln's damaged book story, Mason Weem, Parson Weems, Presidential history, US history, washington's cherry tree story, young Abraham Lincoln, Young George Washington
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The Dying General: Grant’s Final Campaign
Ulysses S. Grant was unquestionably a great and able general, but he was no businessman. The General’s Last Hurrah When Ulysses S. Grant retired from two terms as President of the United States in early 1877, he was the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged "Around the World with General Grant", American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferdinand Ward, General Grant, General Grant's family, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's trip around the world, history, Julia Grant, Mark Twain, Mark Twain publisher, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, the death of General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Grover Cleveland’s Scandal: “Where’s My Pa?”
Presidential candidate Grover Cleveland was accused of fathering an illegitimate child. It was true. Maybe. Grover Cleveland: The Bachelor Candidate Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was a forty-seven year old bachelor when the Democrats chose him as their presidential candidate in 1884. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Buffalo Mayor Grover Cleveland, Credit Mobilier scandal, election of 1884, Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin, Grover Cleveland scandal, Grover Cleveland's illegitimate child, history, Maine Senator James Blaine, Maria Halpin, NY Governor Grover Cleveland, President Grover Cleveland, presidential campaign of 1884, Presidential history, Senator James G. Blaine, US history, White House history
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Ethel Roosevelt: TR’s Other Little Girl
All Theodore Roosevelt’s children had some of his qualities, but Ethel was more like her mother than any of them. Ethel Carow Roosevelt, The Second Daughter Ethel Roosevelt (1891-1977) was seven years younger than her half-sister Alice, and surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Alice Roosevelt, American history, Archie Roosevelt, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt and the American Red Cross, Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, history, Jr., Kermit Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Ted Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's children, TR's daughter Ethel, TR's son, US history
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VP Hannibal Hamlin, Coast Guard Private
Hannibal Hamlin was Vice President during Abraham Lincoln’s first term. He was a decent man, lost to history. Vice President Hamlin, The Background Hannibal Hamlin, from Maine, was a likeable and respected attorney, a pleasant but far from stellar United … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison during Divil War, Feather Schwartz Foster, Hannibal Hamlin, history, James Garfield during Civil War, Lincoln's Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Maine Coast Guard during the Civil War, President Benjamin Harrison, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Hayes during Civil War, The Republican Convention of 1860, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson, Vice President Hamlin, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Vice Presidential history, VP Hannibal Hamlin
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Louisa Adams and the Jackson Ball
In 1824, James Monroe, our last Founding Father(ish) was retiring. His Cabinet was a virtual nursery for a new generation poised to take over. The Players and the Playing Field: 1824 Leading the field for the election of 1824, was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Quincy Adams
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Elizabeth Monroe, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Elizabeth Monroe, First Lady Louisa Adams, General Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, history, James Monroe, John C. Calhoun, John Q. Adams, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, President John Quincy Adams, Presidential history, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, The Battle of New Orleans, The Jackson Ball, White House history, William Crawford
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Robert T. Lincoln: Witness to Assassinations
When Robert Lincoln was nearly sixty, he vowed never again to meet a President of the United States. He was a prominent man with an iconic name. Meeting and greeting Presidents was a given. But he let it be known … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chief Justics William Howard Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ford's Theater, Garfield's assassin Guiteau, history, James Garfield, John Wilkes Booth, Leon Czolgosz, Mary Lincoln, McKinley's assassin Czolgosz, President James Garfield, President Warren Harding, President William McKinley, Robert Lincoln, Robert T. Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Secrfetary of War Robert T. Lincoln, the assassination of Garfield, The assassination of Lincoln, the assassination of McKinley, the assassination of William McKinley, The Lincoln Memorial, the Peterson House, US history, Warren Harding, William McKinley
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Dr. Jonathan Letterman and Civil War Medicine
Evacuating the wounded from the battlefield could take days at the start of the American Civil War. The Letterman System Dr. Jonathan Letterman (1824-72) was an army surgeon who came from a distinguished medical family. During the 1850s, he was … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "Father of Battlefield Medicine", Ambulance Corps, American Civil War, American history, Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Second Manassas, Civil War, Civil War ambulances, Civil War history, Civil war medical advances, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George B. McClellan, history, Jonathan Letterman, Major Jonathan Letterman, medicine during the Civil War, The history of the Ambulance Corps, The Letterman System, US history
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The Washington Dancing Classes
Dancing was a vital social skill in colonial times. Children were taught at an early age. Martha and George Washington: Dancers George Washington was considered an excellent dancer by all who knew him, and he enjoyed it even into his … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington
Tagged American history, Colonia dancing schools, colonial dancing classes, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Martha Washington, George Washington, history, Jacky Custis, Lady Washington, MArtha Washington, Martha Washington's children, Martha Washington's grandchildren, Patsy Custis, PResident George Washington, US history
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The Presidential Stepping Stone
More than half our Presidents have been lawyers, at least by discipline. Whether they liked it or not, and even whether they actively “practiced law” is something else. POTUSes Reading Law In the “olden days,” one did not need a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Jackson, Calvin Coolidge, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Roosevelt, George Wythe, history, James Garfield, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, President Harding, Presidential history, Presidential lawyers, Presidents who were lawyers, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. history, Warren Harding, White House history, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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