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Tag Archives: Rutherford B. Hayes
Martha Washington: The White House Portrait
The huge portrait of Martha Washington that balances the famous Gilbert Stuart painting of her husband, was painted more than seventy five years after her death. White House Portraits Before photography had advanced sufficiently to achieve artistic popularity, a portrait … Continue reading
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Lucy Hayes and the Spectacular Dinner Service,
The White House, then and now, requires a huge amount of china place settings. The Precedents of China Formal Presidential dinner services have always been needed for formal occasions since the time of George Washington’s terms of office in New … Continue reading
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The Taft’s Silver Anniversary Party, or Nellie’s Happy Day
Helen Herron Taft was not destined to fully enjoy her days as First Lady, but the Tafts would celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in grand style. Nellie’s Ambition, and an Anniversary Precedent Helen Herron (1861-1943) was an Ohioan whose parents … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Helen Taft, First Lady History, First Lady Nellie Taft, First Lady Taft's stroke, Helen Herron Taft, history, Lucy Hayes, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Nellie Taft, Nellie Taft's stroke, Presidential history, Rutherford and Lucy Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Taft's Silver Anniversary party, The Taft's Silver Anniversary, US history, White House anniversary party, White House history
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The Presidential Stepping Stone
More than half our Presidents have been lawyers, at least by discipline. Whether they liked it or not, and even whether they actively “practiced law” is something else. POTUSes Reading Law In the “olden days,” one did not need a … Continue reading
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Lucy Hayes and the Laced Oranges
Lucy Hayes has gone down in history as “Lemonade Lucy” for banning spirits in the White House – but did people find a way around it? The Spirits of ‘76 The election of 1876 was one of the most … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Disputed election of 1876, Election of 1876, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Lucy Hayes, history, Lemonade Lucy, Lucy Hayes, Lucy Webb Hayes, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Hayes, Samuel B. Tilden, Samuel Tilden, WCTU, White House history, White House oranges, Women's Christian Temperance Union
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Nellie Taft, Edwardian
No one wanted to be First Lady more than Helen Herron Taft! The Root of Nellie Taft’s Ambition Nellie Taft (1861-1943) had her eye on the White House from her teens. Her family was prominent in Cincinnati, Ohio, and … Continue reading
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