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Tag Archives: history
General Ike and Mrs. Preston
This could be considered a “Truman” story – since he provided the setting. The Truman Part In 1947, Harry S Truman was a generally unpopular President. He had assumed the office upon the death of very popular Franklin D. Roosevelt, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Grover Cleveland, Harry S Truman, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Bess Wallace Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, Frances Clevelands' Second husband, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, General Eisenhower, General Ike, Harry Truman's family, history, Mrs. Frances Preston, President Grover Cleveland, President Harry S Truman, President Truman, Presidential history, THomas Jex Preston, US history, White House history
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U.S. Grant and George Meade: A Partnership
Both George Meade and Ulysses Grant were West Pointers, and share a singular coincidental date in history. Meade and Grant: Common Bonds George Meade (1815-72), Pennsylvanian, came from a military family. His father was a naval officer, but died when … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American history, Civil War history, Colonel Ulysses S. Grant, Congressman Elihu Washburne, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ambrose Burnside, General George McClellan, General George Meade, General Henry Halleck, General Irvin McDowell, General John Pope, General Joseph Hooker, General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, General Winfield Scott, history, Lincoln's Generals, PA Governor Andrew Curtin, President Abraham Lincoln, the battle of Gettysburg, The battle of Vicksburg, US history
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Abraham Lincoln and Mary Owens
Abraham Lincoln was 22 when he moved to New Salem, Illinois New Salem A recreated village of New Salem is located on its original site less than an hour’s drive from Springfield, IL – and well worth the ride! Lincoln … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Ann Rutledge, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Todd Stuart, Lincoln courtship of Mary Owens, Lincoln friend Elizabeth Abells, Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, Lincoln law partner William Herndon, Lincoln's romance with Mary Owens, Mary Owens, New Salem IL, Presidential history, US history, William H. Herndon, Young Abe Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson: Military Governor of Tennessee
So few nifty stories come up about Andrew Johnson that when they do, they are worth passing along! Legislator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee No President (and that includes Lincoln!) had more hardships in his impoverished childhood than Andy Johnson. His … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Andrew Johnson, Civil War history, Colonel Granville Moody, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Don Carlos Buell, history, Military Governor Andrew Johnson, Nashville TN during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Reverend Granville Moody, Senator Andrew Johnson, The "Fightin' Parson", US history
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Lucy Hayes and the WCTU Portrait
First Lady Lucy Hayes was considered the embodiment of the “New Woman.” But was she? Lucy Hayes: The Old Fashioned Girl Lucy Ware Webb (1831-79) was Ohio born, and half-orphaned by the time she was two. Her mother, Maria Webb, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Artist Daniel Huntington, Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Lucy Hayes, history, Lucy Hayes, Lucy Webb Hayes, Mary Clemmer Ames, Portrait artist Daniel Huntington, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, The First Ladies, The WCTU, US history, Washington Journalist Mary Clemmer Ames, White House history, Women's Christian Temperance Union
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George Clinton: VP 4 and Maybe 5
Everyone knows John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, VPs 1 and 2. Some know Aaron Burr, VP 3. But George Clinton? George Clinton’s Qualifications George Clinton (1739-1812) was a New Yorker from upstate, considered among our Founding Fathers (perhaps minor, but … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, James Madison, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Nifty History People, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged Aaron Burr, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Clinton NY Governor, George Washington, history, James Madison, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, NY Governor George Clinton, Presidential history, the election of 1800, the election of 1804, the election of 1808, Thomas Jefferson, US history, Vice President George Clinton, Vice Presidential history, White House history
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Benjamin Franklin and The Free Public Library
Arguably the most famous portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Our Founding Grandfather Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) was old enough to be father to George Washington and John Adams. He was also old enough (perhaps) to be grandfather to James Madison and … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin and libraries, Carpenters Hall, Colonial American history, early free public libraries in the US, Feather Schwartz Foster, Founding Fathers, history, John Adams, Philadelphia history, the first free public library in the US, The Philadelphia Junto, The Philadelphia Philosophical Society, The Philadelphia State House, US history
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Florence Harding: The Lost Decade
Florence Harding was a woman with deep secrets. Florence Kling: Lonely, Angry Girl Florence Kling (1860-1924) was born to Amos Kling, a middle-class businessman in Marion, Ohio, just as the Civil War was getting underway. She was eldest, with two … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Warren G. Harding
Tagged American history, Amos Kling, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, Florence Harding, Florence Harding's divorce, Florence Harding's first husband, Florence Harding's son, Florence Kling, Florence Kling DeWolfe, Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, Henry "Pete" DeWolfe, history, Louisa Bolton Kling, Marshall Eugene DeWolfe, Newspaper publisher Warren Harding, Presidential history, Warren Harding, White House history
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Gideon Welles and the Naval Battle
Gideon Welles was Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. March 9, 1862 It was a Sunday. Navy Secretary Gideon Welles rushed over to Lincoln’s office, where he found the President and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in a … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Civil War history, Edwin M. Stanton, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, Gideon Welles, history, Inventor John Ericcson, naval history, naval inventor John Ericcson, President Abraham Lincoln, President James Buchanan, Presidential history, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, The battle at Hampton Roads, the battle between the US ironclads, The Civil War, The CSS Virginia, The Mariners Museum, The Merrimac, The Merrimack, The USS Monitor, US history, White House history
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Edith Wilson and the Lalique Brooch
Edith Bolling Galt was the widow of a prestigious Washington jeweler. The Jeweler’s Wife Edith Bolling was born in 1872. Her father was a well respected Virginia judge, somewhat down on his fortunes following the Civil War. Edith was also … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edity Wilson, First Lady History, French designer Rene Lalique, French jeweler Rene Lalique, Galt's Jewelry, history, Louis Comfort TIffany, Norman Galt, painter Seymour M. Stone, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, Rene Lalique, the Lalique Peace brooch, The Peace Talks after the Great War, The Second Mrs. Wilson, US history, White House history, Wilson and the Great War, Wilson and the Peace Talks, Woodrow Wilson House
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