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Tag Archives: Presidential history
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
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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
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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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John Quincy Adams: Arborist
John Quincy Adams came late to nature. JQA: The City Fellow John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was born in rural Massachusetts, but lived within ten miles of Boston, then considered a major city (pop. 10,000) in the Colonies. As a very … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams' Peacefield estate, American history, Diplomat John Quincy Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Adams birthplace, John Ousley, John Quincy Adams, John Quincy Adams birthplace, PResident George Washington, President John Quincy Adams, Presidential history, The education of John Quincy Adams, The White House, The White House gardens, US history, White House gardener Ousley, White House history
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Abigail Adams and Polly Jefferson
Abigail Adams always loved children. The Lonely Childhood of Polly Jefferson Mary (or Maria) Jefferson (1778-1804), called Polly as a child, was the second surviving daughter of Thomas and Martha Jefferson. Her older sister Martha (1772-1836), nicknamed Patsy from birth, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, Feather Schwartz Foster, Francis Eppes, history, Jefferson home Poplar Forest, Jefferson in Paris, John Adams, John and Abigail Adams, John Wayles Eppes, Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson, Maria Jefferson, Maria Jefferson Eppes, Martha Jefferson, Mary Jefferson, Patsy Jefferson, Polly Jefferson, Poplar Forest, Presidential history, Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, US history
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James Buchanan: Tired Ol’ Buck
James Buchanan was nearly seventy in 1861, a time when 75 was a ripe old age. The Election of 1856 When James Buchanan (1791-1868) was elected in 1856, he was a) the last President born in the 18th century; b) … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Buchanan's niece Harriet Lane, Feather Schwartz Foster, General John C. Fremont, history, Interior Secretary Jacob Thompson, James Buchanan, James Buchanan's cabinet, John C. Fremont, President James Buchanan, Presidential history, the election of 1856, The election of 1860, The Lincoln Cottage, The Soldier's Home, Treasury Secretary Howell Cobb, US history, War Secretary John B. Floyd, White House history
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Will and Nellie Taft: A Modern Marriage, Part 1
William Howard Taft and Helen (from-birth Nellie) Herron were born and raised Victorians – but they had a very modern marriage. The Early Years Both William Howard Taft (1857-1930) and Helen Herron (1861-1943) were pedigreed Cincinnatians. He was the son … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, First Lady History, First Lady Nellie Taft, Helen Herron Taft, Helen Taft and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, history, Judge William Howard Taft, Neillie Taft, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Benjamin Harrison, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, The Taft farmily of Cincinnati, US history, White House history, William Howard Tft
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The Eisenhower Tragedy: Ikkie
Nothing pained Ike and Mamie Eisenhower more than the death of their firstborn son. The Parents Eisenhower Mamie Doud became “Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower” on July 1, 1916. She was nineteen. Surprising everyone, including herself, Mamie adapted well to army living. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Doud Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Fox Connor, history, Ike Eisenhower, Ikkie Eisenhower, Ikky Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Mrs. Virginia Connor, Presidential history, the death of Ike's firstborn, the Eisenhower marriage, US history
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Maxwell House Connection
Theodore Roosevelt was a mega coffee drinker from earliest childhood. TR: For “Medicinal Purposes” Coffee is non-alcoholic, but still perceived as an adult drink. It is common today for children to abstain from coffee drinking until way past puberty. Parents … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged "Good to the last drop" slogan, American history, Coffee broker Roger Nolley Smith, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Foods and Maxwell House Coffee, history, Maxwell House Coffee, Nashville resident Joel Cheek, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, The Maxwell House Hotel, the Maxwell House hotel in Nashville TN, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt coffee drinker, Theodore Roosevelt stays at the Maxwell House Hotel, THeodore Roosevelt visits the Hermitage in Nashville, US history, White House history, young Theodore Roosevelt
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U.S. Grant and Son: Meeting Lincoln
Little Fred Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912) was the oldest son of Ulysses S. Grant. His earliest memory of his father may have been when he was four, and he and his two-year-old brother were playing on the porch of their … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln Centennial in 1901, American history, Civil War history, Elihu Washburne, Frederick D. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant and Son at Willard Hotel, Grant in Chattanooga, Grant made Lt. General, history, Lincoln Centennial in Chicago, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, The American Civil War, The Victor of Vicksburg, U.S. history, Ulysses S. Grant, White House history
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Spanish Flu Casualty
One of the serious casualties of the great Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-9, was the marriage of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt In Europe In mid-1918, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was sent to Europe to … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Asst. Sec. of the Navy F.D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, FDR's mother Sara Delano, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Louis Howe, Lucy Mercer, Presidential history, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The marriage of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, US history
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