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Author Archives: Feather Schwartz Foster
Mary Lincoln’s Gala Bash
In early February, 1862, President and Mrs. Lincoln hosted their only huge party at the White House. Mrs. Lincoln: New FLOTUS For nineteen years Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was only a middle class Springfield, Illinois housewife – and the middle class … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Elizabeth Keckley, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Lincoln's White House reception, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's background, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential history, Tad Lincoln, US history, White House entertaining, White House history, Willie Lincoln
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IKE: Bearing Witness to the Unthinkable
By early April, 1945, US soldiers in Europe were horrified by scenes that had hitherto been semi-dismissed as “rumors.” Death Camps and Corpses For a few years, there had been undercurrent rumors that the Germans had embarked on wholesale internment … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nifty History People
Tagged "Crusade in Europe", American history, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Dwight Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General George C. Marshall, General George Patton, General Ike, General Omar Bradley, General Walton Walker, German concentration camps, history, Holocaust history, Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, President Franklin D Roosevelt, The Holocaust, U.S. history, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, World War II history
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The Deception of Franklin Pierce
Some marriages are mismatches. The Pierces Franklin Pierce was 30 years old when he married in 1834. Good looking, genial and personable, he waited until he was established in his law practice, and was a sitting New Hampshire Democratic Congressman. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin Pierce
Tagged American history, Benjamin Pierce, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Jane Appleton Pierce, Franklin Pierce, Franklin Pierce's nomination, history, Jane Appleton Pierce, Jane Pierce, Little Bennie Pierce, President Franklin Pierce, Presidential history, the death of Bennie Pierce, The election of 1852, US history, White House history
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Rutherford Hayes’ Secret Oath
The election of 1876 was one of the most rancorous, divisive and probably corrupt in American history. Oddly Enough… Both Governor Rutherford Hayes (R-OH) and Governor Samuel Tilden (D-NY) were honest, decent men, albeit … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Boss Tweed, Chief Justice Morrison Waite, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ulysses S. Grant, Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, Governor Samuel TIlden, history, Horace Greeley, President Andrew Johnson, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, The election of 1876, The Grant presidency, The inauguration of Hayes, US history, White House history
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President Grant and the First State Dinner
The first sovereign of a foreign country to be hosted at a White House State Dinner was the King of the Sandwich Islands – in 1874. State Dinners From the beginning of the United States as a nation, elegant dining … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American history, David Kalakaua, Dining at the White House, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Dolley Madison, George and Martha Washington, Grant hosts the King of the Sandwich Islands, Hawaiian history, history, Johyn and Abigail Adams, King David Kalakaua, Mark Twain, President and Mrs. Grant, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grant, President James Buchanan, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential entertaining, Presidential history, the Gilded Age, The Sandwich Islands, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses and Julia Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, US state dinners, White House history
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Sarah Polk’s Memoirs
First Lady Sarah Childress Polk lived to be nearly ninety. Miss Childress of Tennessee Sarah Childress (1803-1891) was born to a comfortable Murfreesboro, Tennessee family, not long after it had joined the Union. Her Presbyterian father was a planter and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James K. Polk
Tagged "The Memorials of Sarah Childress Polk", American history, Anson and Fanny Nelson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Sarah Polk, Generall Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, history, James Knox Polk, Polk Neighbors Anson and Fanny Nelson, President James Knox Polk, Presidential history, Sarah Childress Polk, Sarah Polk, Sarah Polk biographers Anson and Fanny Nelson, Speaker of the House Polk, Tennessee Governor Polk, US history, Vice Presidential candidate Polk, White House history
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Julia Tyler’s Premonition
Julia Gardiner Tyler spent only seven months as First Lady; then she went to live in Virginia. JGT: The Young Wife Julia Gardiner (1820-1889) was only 24 when she married sitting President John Tyler, a recent widower. At 54, Tyler … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, firing on Fort Sumter, First Ladies history, First Lady Julia Tyler, history, John and Julia Tyler, John Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Mrs. John Tyler, President John Tyler, Presidential history, Sherwood Forest, the death of John Tyler, The Dred Scott Decision, The second Mrs. John Tyler, Uncle Tom's Cabin, US history, White House history
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The Death of Tad Lincoln
Tad Lincoln had just turned 18 when he died. Tad in Springfield, IL Thomas Lincoln, (1853-1871) named for his paternal grandfather, was called Tad from the outset. It was a hard birth, and Tad was born with a cleft palate … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son Tad, American history, Eddie Lincoln, Elizabeth and Ninian Edwards, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, John Hay, Judge David Davis, Lincoln's son Tad, Mary HArlan Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, Robert Lincoln's father-in-law James Harlan, Senator James Harlan, Tad Lincoln, Tad Lincoln's brother Robert, Tad Lincoln's brother Willie, Tad Lincoln's funeral, The Widow Mary Lincoln, Thomas (Tad) Lincoln, US history, White House history, Willie Lincoln
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The Carnival Campaign: A Book Review
A professional writer who chooses to write about history (as opposed to a professional historian who chooses to write) probably knows intuitively that picking the right subject is half the battle. Author Ronald G. Shafer, a long-time Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
William McKinley: The Sneezing Fit
President William McKinley was a genial and popular man. He had a long list of personal friends. William McK: Mister Nice Guy William McKinley (1843-1901) was a nice fellow – and a good fellow. At 18, he enlisted in the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Chicago newspaperman H.H. Kohlsaat, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Ida Mickinley, h.h. Kohlsaat, Herman H. Kohlsaat, history, Ida McKinley epileptic, Ida McKinley's epilepsy, Ida Saxton McKinley, McKinldy's attitudes on the War with Spain, Newspaper publisher H.H. Kohlsaat, President William McKinley, Presidential history, The personal tragedies of William McKinley, The Spanish-American War, US history, White House history, William McKinley
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