On the 14th of April in 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot and mortally wounded President Abraham Lincoln while the President and his wife watched “Our American Cousin” at FordÕs Theatre. Lincoln died the next day and with him died the hope of a relatively peaceful Reconstruction. Without Lincoln to push for leniency in dealing with […]
Tag Archives: Mary Todd Lincoln
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The proud state of Texas, an isolated state, prides itself on its history, especially the 9-year period in which the Republic of Texas was a country in its own right. It began after the Texan Rebellion of 1836, and lasted until its annexation by the United States in 1845. California has its own history as […]
While Abraham Lincoln is best known as the President who served during the Civil War and was the author and narrator of the Proclamation, he led an often private life that was publicized due to his wife’s behavior. Lincoln helped form the Republican Party to take aid in the slavery situation; especially against the Kansas-Nebraska […]
Of all the actors who reported in 2012 either gaining weight, losing weight, packing on muscle or a combination of any or all three, Sally Field may be the most unexpected. The diminutive frame of the field led to her being seen as larger than life in movies like “Norma Rae” and appropriately fragile as […]
Mary Todd Lincoln was the 16th First Lady of the United States. Born to well-to-do Kentucky slave owners, well educated and refined, Mary was the most unlikely person you would expect to be later wed to a man of poor and simple background, or a man to be later deemed Americas “great emancipator”, for that […]
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When you think of Haunted Houses and Ghost Stories, the 1st thing to come in mind is Halloween. However, Halloween isn’t the only time when ghost shows up. In DC, there are plenty of ghost stories in this town. These ghosts roam freely when the lights are out, and the last person left the building. […]
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Stephen Speilberg is preparing a movie on Abraham Lincoln starring Liam Nieson for 2009 release. Lincoln is the man who repeatedly failed, but never quit and remains the most widely regarded president in American history. Lincoln (1809-1865) is considered by many our greatest president because of the trials he faced. He was the first president […]