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Category Archives: A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog
The Death of Jack Custis
Martha’s Kids In 1750, eighteen year old Martha Dandridge married Daniel Parke Custis, twice her age, and one of the wealthiest planters in Virginia. They had sincerely liked each other, and the marriage was happy for seven years. Then Daniel … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Daniel Parke Custis, Eleanor Calvert, Eleanor Calvert Custis, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, General Charles Cornwallis, General George Washington, George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis, history, Jack Custis, Jack Custis Washington, Martha Custis, Martha Custis children, MArtha Washington, Martha Washington son Jack Custis, Mount Vernon, Presidential history, The American Revolution, The children of Jack Custis, The Revolutionary War, US history, Washington stepson Jack Custis
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Grant’s Tomb: A NY Icon
The Civil War could have been fought 3x over in the time it took for Grant’s Tomb to be erected. We Love New York Choosing New York City to be the site of Grant’s final resting place was not difficult. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Alonzo Cornell Riverside Park in New York City, American history, Architect John H. Duncan, Chester Alan Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, General Grant, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant Monument Association, Grant Monument Association Secretary Richard T> Greener, Grant’s Tomb, history, Julia and Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Grant, NYC Mayor William Russell Grace, President Ulysses S. Grant, Richard T. Greener, US history, White House history
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General Ike’s Last Mission
But The General’s Health… …was not very good. He had suffered a few aches and pains and illnesses during his first six decades. But they were nothing out of the ordinary for a man his age, and with the great … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, FIrst Lady Mamie Eisenhower, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, Ike's Doctor Howard Snyder, Ike’s burial plans, Ike’s firstborn son, Ike’s guests at Gettysburg, Ike’s house in Gettysburg, Little Icky Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, President Eisenhower’s heart attack, President Eisenhower’s secret trip to Denver, Presidential doctor Howard Snyder, Presidential history, US history, Vice President Richard Nixon, White House history
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Julia Grant’s Bad Hat Story
Julia, The Plain Child Julia Dent (1826-1902) was the fourth of eight children (one died in infancy) born to Frederick W. Dent and Ellen Bray Wrenshall. Four boys and four girls. In that order. Colonel Dent (an honorary title) was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American history, Civil War, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, General Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Ladies bonnets in the 19th century, Presidential history, Union General Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Andrew Johnson: The Kirkwood Inaugural
Andrew Johnson is one of the most unlikely US Presidents The Unlikely POTUS Beginning with Andrew Jackson in 1828, and into the 20th century, the White House was the home of some of the most unlikely men who ever rose … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Johnson's childhood, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Death of Abraham Lincoln, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ford's Theater, history, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, Secretary of State Seward, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Peterson House, US history, VP Andrew Johnson, VP Hannibal Hamlin, White House history, Wisconsin Governor Leonard J. Farwell
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The Booths: Collateral Damage
The Booth Brothers While Junius Brutus Booth Sr., the patriarch of the illustrious acting family had long been dead, three of his sons reached genuine stardom in the days preceding the Lincoln assassination. Junius Brutus, Jr. (the eldest) was considerably … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American actor Edwin Booth, American history, Asia Booth Clarke, Assassin John Wilkes Booth, Booth family of Shakespearean actors, Edwin Booth, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Wilkes Booth, John Wilkes Booth's brother Edwin, John Wilkes Booth's brother Junius Brutus, John Wilkes Booth's brother-in-law John Clarke, John Wilkes Booth's mother Mary Ann, John Wilkes Booth's sister Asia, Junius Brutus Booth, Junius Brutus Booth Jr, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Ann Holmes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln, presidential assassin, Presidential history, Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth, The assassination of Lincoln, US history
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An Assassin in Utopia: A Book Review
An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President’s Murder, is one of those “you can’t make this stuff up” historical episodes, well documented and engagingly told by Susan Wels. In 1881, Charles Julius … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Garfield, Nifty History People, Recommended Reading
Tagged 19th century utopian communities, American history, An Assassin in Utopia: A Book Review, Assassination of Garfield, Author Susan Wels, book reviews, Charles Guiteau, Charles Julius Guiteau, Feather Schwartz Foster, Garfield's assassin Guiteau, history, History Book Reviews, Presidential history, the assassination of Garfield, The Oneida Community, US history, VP Chester Alan Arthur
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Dolley Madison: Decorating the White House
Dolley Madison was 41 years old when she became First Lady in 1809… But… For eight years prior to 1809, she served frequently as de facto FLOTUS for President Thomas Jefferson, a widower. Even prior to the Jefferson Administration, Dolley … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison, Nifty History People, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Architect Benjamin Latrobe, artist Peter Waddell, Benjamin Latrobe, Dolley Madison, Early White House decor, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, First Lady History, FLOTUS Dolley Madison, Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washhington, history, James Madison, Margaret Bayard Smith, President James Madison, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Superintendent of Public Buildings Latrobe, The White House, Thomas Jefferson, US history, White House history
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The First Burial of Willie Lincoln
Willie Lincoln was 11 when he died in the White House. Willie. In December, 1850, ten months after his sickly four year old brother Edward Baker Lincoln died, William Wallace Lincoln was born. He was the third son born to … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s son Willie, American history, Bud and Holly Taft, Dr. Phineas Gurley, Dr. William Wallace, Eddy Lincoln, Elizabeth Keckley, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Lincoln friends Bud and Holly Taft, Lincoln secretary John Hay, Mary Lincoln, Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield IL, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, The personality and character of Willie Lincoln, The sons of Abraham Lincoln, US history, White House history, William Carroll's cemetery vault, William Wallace Lincoln, Willie Lincoln
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