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Dr. Charles Leale: Forgotten Hero of Ford’s Theater
Ford’s Theater: April 14, 1865 Enjoying a pleasant night out, Abraham and Mary Lincoln and their guests attended a comedy at Ford’s Theater. Around 10:30 p.m. a shot rang out in the Presidential Box, and a scream was heard. Within … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Butler's Commission on the Assassination of Lincoln, Dr. Charles Augustus Leale, Dr. Charles Leale, Dr. R.K. Stone, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Ford's Theater, history, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's attending physician, Lincoln's physician R.K. Stone, Major Henry Rathbone, Mary Lincoln, Presidential history, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Peterson House, US history, White House 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
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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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Robert T. Lincoln: Witness to Assassinations
When Robert Lincoln was nearly sixty, he vowed never again to meet a President of the United States. He was a prominent man with an iconic name. Meeting and greeting Presidents was a given. But he let it be known … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chief Justics William Howard Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ford's Theater, Garfield's assassin Guiteau, history, James Garfield, John Wilkes Booth, Leon Czolgosz, Mary Lincoln, McKinley's assassin Czolgosz, President James Garfield, President Warren Harding, President William McKinley, Robert Lincoln, Robert T. Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Secrfetary of War Robert T. Lincoln, the assassination of Garfield, The assassination of Lincoln, the assassination of McKinley, the assassination of William McKinley, The Lincoln Memorial, the Peterson House, US history, Warren Harding, William McKinley
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