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Tag Archives: White House history
Chet Arthur, Tiffany and the 19-Year Screen
No question about it, the White House receives a great deal of wear and tear. Chester A. Arthur: Accidental President Few people would have ever believed that Chester Alan Arthur, New York “spoilsman” politician, would ever have become President of … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur
Tagged American history, Chester Alan Arthur, Chet Arthur, Early White House decor, Ellen Herndon Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, James Garfield, LC Tiffany, Louis Comfort TIffany, Memorial window to Ellen Herndon Arthur, President CAA, President Chester A. Arthur, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Martin Van Buren, Presidential history, St. John's Church in Washington, Stained glass screen, the death of James Garfield, Tiffany stained glass screen, US history, White House history, White House stained glass screen
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Franklin and Eleanor: The Chasm
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a 5th cousin to Eleanor Roosevelt. The Commonalities of Childhood Descended from Dutch ancestors slightly post-Mayflower, both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelts were New York Knickerbockers, an aristocratic old-line status. Both Franklin (1882-1945) and Eleanor (1883-1961) came … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor's father Elliott Roosevelt, FDR, FDR's mother Sara Delano, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Lucy Mercer, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The courtship of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the family life of Eleanor Roosevelt, The family life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history
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Nellie Taft Writes Her Memoirs
This is a sad story with a delayed happier ending. Nellie: Discovering the Ambition Helen (Nellie) Herron (1861-1943) was smart as a whip, and as ambitious as Caesar. She had the ambition to want things, and the ambition to work … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, First Lady History, First Lady Nellie Taft, Helen Herron Taft, history, Nellie Taft, Nellie Taft's stroke, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, William Howard Taft
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Thank You, John Tyler
The Whig party wasn’t really a political party per se, in 1840. It was more a conglomeration of frictional, factional and sectional needs and angsts, and would remain so for the rest of its short 12-year-run. The frictional part centered … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler, William Henry Harrison
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, Henry Clay, history, John Tyler, President John Tyler, President William Henry Harrison, Presidential history, Secretary of State Daniel Webster, The election of 1840, The Whig Party, US history, Vice President John Tyler, VP Andrew Johnson, VP Calvin Coolidge, VP Chester Alan Arthur, VP Gerald Ford, VP Harry Truman, VP Lyndon B. Johnson, VP Millard Fillmore, VP Theodore Roosevelt, White House history, William Henry Harrison
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President and Mrs. Hoover at Rapidan Camp
Both Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover loved the great outdoors. The Outdoorsy Hoovers In the 1880s, when both Herbert and Lou Hoover were children transplanted to Oregon and California respectively, the Wild West was still “wild.” “Bert,” as he was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover, Presidential Sites
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, Herbert Hoover, history, Lou Henry Hoover, President Calvin Coolidge, President Dwight Eisenhower, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, President Herbert Hoover, Presidential history, Presidential retreats, Rapidan Camp, US history, White House history
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JQ Adams and the Honeymoon Disappointment
John Quincy Adams was a 30-year-old diplomat when he married. JQ the Diplomat John Quincy Adams was a recent graduate of Harvard College when George Washington became president in 1789. He had received an exceptional education during the 8 years he … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Quincy Adams
Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Catherine Nuth Johnson, Diplomat John Quincy Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, history, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Joshua Johnson, JQ Adams, JQA, Louisa Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, PResident George Washington, President John Adams, Presidential history, the childhood of John Quincy Adams, US history, Vice President John Adams, White House history
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Abraham Lincoln and the Leg Cases
Abraham Lincoln had very little military knowledge when he became Commander-in-Chief. Lincoln’s Military Experience… …was next to nothing in 1861 when he became President. Thirty years earlier, as a young man, he volunteered with some New Salem fellows to fight … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Benjamin F. Butler, Civil War history, Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Benjamin Butler, history, Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, Lincoln's "Leg Cases", Military Discipline in the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential history, US history, White House history, William C. Davis
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Harry Truman’s Mother-in-Law From Hell
Harry Truman was always an outspoken man who never minced words, but… Madge Wallace …Margaret Gates Wallace (1862-1952), called Madge from childhood, was perhaps the only exception. Madge was the spoiled daughter of midwesterners George and Elizabeth Gates. George Gates … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Harry S Truman, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's father David Wallace, Bess Truman's mother Madge Gates Wallace, Bess Wallace Truman, David Wallace, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Bess Truman, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, history, Madge Gates Wallace, President Harry S Truman, Presidential history, US history, US Presidents, White House history
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The Six FLOTUS Widows of 1947
In January, 1947, five (and maybe a “half”) widowed First Ladies were still living. Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947) Frances Cleveland was a First Lady of many distinctions. She was First Lady two separate times, during the non-consecutive terms of Grover … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, First Lady Edith Wilson, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady Frances Cleveland, First Lady Grace Coolidge, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, history, Mary Dimmick Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, President Calvin Coolidge, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential widows, Presidential Wife Mary Harrison, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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