Historical interests

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Lincoln Assassination
Bridge Across the "Eastern Branch" to Anacostia used by John Wilkes Booth and David Herold to Escape - Washington, D.C.
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Oseola McCarty a cleaning lady who from working all her life accumulated great savings, donated to the University of Southern Mississippi $150,000 for a student scholarship program. “I want to help somebody’s child go to college,” “I’m giving it away so that the children won’t have to work so hard, like I did.” ~
an old wooden house in the woods with lots of greenery on the front lawn
SmarterTravel - The Best Trips Start Here
The Orchard House in Concord,MA. Where Louisa May Alcott and her family lived.
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Colorized Civil War picture of Union soldiers.
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Nixon Presidential Library recreates White House gala for 200 Vietnam POWs to mark the 40th anniversary of their release
John McCain, recently released after 5 years in Hanoi Hilton, meets Pres. Nixon in 1973. On May 24 of that year, Nixon had a huge White House gala to celebrate the homecoming of the POWs.
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Bullet in a Bible
A soldier during the Civil War had his life saved by the Bible in his pocket. He wrote to President Lincoln about it, and the President sent him a replacement with the Presidential signature.
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McLean House, Appomattox, VA Where Lee Surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War
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The McLean House
The McLean House -- View of the McLean House at Appomattox Courthouse. This is the home where Robert E. Lee agreed to surrender to Ulysses S. Grant. -- Appomattox, Virginia Photo by Rob Shenk
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Lexington, VA - Stonewall Jackson's gravesite
Stonewall Jackson's gravesite in Lexington. This great Confederate General is buried within 3 miles of General Robert E. Lee!
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Robert Todd Lincoln, the only child of Abraham Lincoln to live to adulthood. This was taken in 1922 at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Robert was at Abraham Lincoln's bedside at his death. Robert Lincoln was also at the Sixth Street Train Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881, and witnessed the assassination of President James Garfield. At the time Lincoln was serving as Garfield's Secretary of War.
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When Dolley Madison Took Command of the White House
Dolly Madison escaped from the British with the portrait of George Washington, telling the servants that if she were a man, she would post a cannon in every window of the White House and fight to the bitter end.
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George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, the one that Dolley Madison saved from a burning White House
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Memorial Day - Decoration Day or Whatever You Want To Call It
Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May 1, 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina to honor 257 dead Union soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They worked for two weeks digging up the bodies and giving them proper burials in gratitude for their sacrifice for their freedom. Afterward, they held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 black children singing, dancing, and celebrating.
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The Whistle Stop Cafe in Juliette Georgia