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General Ike and Princess Elizabeth: First Meeting
General Eisenhower spent several months in England preparing for the D-Day Invasion in 1944. The King and Queen of WWII In no small part, the decisions and actions of Great Britain’s King George VI (1895-1952) were deeply influenced by the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, British King George VI, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, King Edward VIII, King George VI, King George VI of Great Britain, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidential history, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Queen Consort Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, the abdication of Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, US history, Windsor Castle
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Richard M. Johnson: Scandalized Vice President
Richard Mentor Johnson was our first VP Johnson. Andrew (2) and Lyndon (3) came later. RMJ: Kentuckian Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850), was born/raised near what is now Louisville, KY when the area was still part of Virginia. His was a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Martin Van Buren, Nifty History People, William Henry Harrison
Tagged Adaline Johnson, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General William Henry Harrison, history, Imogene Johnson, John Tyler, Julia Chinn, Kentucky history, Martin Van Buren, President Andrew Jackson, President Martin Van Buren, President William Henry Harrison, Presidential history, Richard Johnson and Julia Chinn, Richard Johnson’s common law wife, Richard Mentor Johnson, Tecumseh, The War Hawks of 1812, US history, Vice Presidential history, VP Richard M. Johnson
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The Tea Party Tea Box
A rare treasure of American history! The Boston Tea Party Eons ago when I was in the 4th grade, everybody learned the basics of the Boston Tea Party. The gist being that back in December 1773, colonists in Massachusetts had … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Boston history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Robinson's tgea box, the Beaver, The Beaver Eleanor and Dartmouth, The Boston Tea Party, The Boston Tea Party Museum, The Robinson Half-Chest, The Sons of Liberty, the tax on tea, US history
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Selling McKinley in 1896
Historians frequently point to 1896 as being the first “modern” election. Setting the Stage By 1896, the country was poised for a new century. Huge changes had occurred since the Civil War some 35 years earlier. Railroads crossed the entire … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged American history, “A Full Dinner Pail”, Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech, Feather Schwartz Foster, Former President Benjamin Harrison, history, Ida McKinley, Inventions of 1870-99, Marcus A. Hanna, Mark Hanna, Mark Hanna’s business background, McKinley campaign manager Hanna, Ohio Senator John Sherman, Presidential history, The Election of 1896, The Presidential campaign of 1896, US history, White House history, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley, William McKinley background
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Kermit Roosevelt: TR’s Troubled Son
All children inherit varying traits of both parents. The Second Son Kermit Roosevelt (1889-1943) was the second son of Theodore Roosevelt and his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, named him for a great uncle and a brother, who died in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt's family history, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Kermit Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt during WWI, Kermit Roosevelt during WWII, President Theodore Roosevelt, The alcoholism of Kermit Roosevelt, The depression of Kermit Roosevelt, The poem "Richard Cory", Theodore Roosevelt, TR and Kermit in Africa, TR and Kermit in the Amazon jungle, US history
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The Great White Jail
“The White House is the finest prison in the world.” Harry S Truman. The White House Paradox The White House, or the Executive Mansion, is undoubtedly the finest residence the country has to offer the President of the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Calvin Coolidge, Chester Arthur, George Washington, Grover Cleveland, Harry S Truman, James Buchanan, James K. Polk, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Nifty History People, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Chester Alan Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Frances Cleveland, First Lady History, Frances Folsom Cleveland, George Washington, Grover Cleveland, Harry Truman, history, James Buchanan, John Adams, Julia Grant, MArtha Washington, Presidential families, Presidential history, The Executive Mansion, The White House, US history, White House history
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George Washington and the Purloined Packet
Delivering the Mail Written communication i.e. letters, documents, newspapers, etc., was not nearly as common in early colonial times as it would become in later generations. First of all, literacy. A large percentage of people could not read or write. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, Nifty History People
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, American history, Benjamin Franklin, British General William Gage, Colonial mail delivery, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, General George Washington, George Washington, George Washington cousin Lund Washington, history, John Hancock, Lund Washington, MArtha Washington, Mount Vernon, Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin, Presidential history, THe Continental Army, The Continental Congress, US history, Washington stepson Jack Custis
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Admiral George Dewey: The Boom and the Bust
The Admirable Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917) was a Vermont man, from a prominent family. He was sent to Norwich University when he was fifteen, and expelled two years later for disciplinary matters, perhaps not uncommon for 15-year-olds. He then was … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley
Tagged Admiral David Farragut, Admiral George Dewey, American history, Asst. Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Candidate George Dewey, Commodore Dewey, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Dewey, history, Mildred McLean Hazen, President William McKinley, The Second Mrs. George Dewey, The Spanish Fleet in Manila Harbor, The Spanish-American War, The War with Spain, US history, William Jennings Bryan
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Joseph Jones, James Monroe and General Washington
The Hon. Joseph Jones Joseph Jones (1727-1805) practiced the triple professions of many well-to-do Colonial men: planter, attorney, and political office-holder. One can easily list Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Tyler, and a slew of others in that category. Born in Westmoreland … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, James Monroe, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Congress of COnfederation, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, George Washington, George Washington in Newburgh NY, history, James Monroe, James Monroe in the American Revolution, James Monroe's lineage, Joseph Jone, Monroe uncle Joseph Jones, Presidential history, The Articles of Confederation, Thomas Jefferson, US history, White House history
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