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November 16, 2012. JOHN & ABIGAIL ADAMS. 8212; 17 Comments. LOVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE – JOHN and ABIGAIL ADAMS. JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826) &. ABIGAIL SMITH ADAMS (1744-1818). But lets get back to that innocent time–some 15 years before anyone even thought about breaking with Great Britain–when. Abigail was still a girl in her teens,. John was a young lawyer, and nothing mattered more than courtship and love. John Adams to Abigail Smith, 1761. Abigail Smith to John Adams, 1763. Marriage, October 25, 1764. In th...
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Category Archives — Declaration of Independence. November 12, 2013. JOHN ADAMS Our Forgotten Founding Father. 8212; Leave a comment. How could America forget a Founding Father one of that small band of remarkable men who set a new course for all nations by establishing the rules for a democratic republic that still guide our own? Good question. To answer it, we must first see who, in 1776, was crazy and idealistic enough to sacrifice his . Read more →.
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November 12, 2013. JOHN ADAMS Our Forgotten Founding Father. 8212; Leave a comment. How could America forget a Founding Father one of that small band of remarkable men who set a new course for all nations by establishing the rules for a democratic republic that still guide our own? America’s second President, John Adams. Good question. To answer it, we must first see who, in 1776, was crazy and idealistic enough to sacrifice his own comfort and safety for a seemingly hopeless cause. Adams (far right) hel...
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January 10, 2012. LINCOLN’S ROCK — GEN. MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS. 8212; 46 Comments. LINCOLN’S ROCK — GEN. MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS. The first question for anyone planning to visit Washington, DC is: What should we see? To answer this question, you will need an exceptional guide, and that guide will need a treasure trove of stories about Washington to convey the capital’s unique significance to America and the world. (Excellent guides, private car, and customized tours can be found at: executivetoursdc.com. Surpri...
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July 14, 2012. THOMAS & MARTHA JEFFERSON. 8212; 9 Comments. LOVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE – THOMAS and MARTHA JEFFERSON. Thomas and Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. Martha Wayles Jefferson (? Her father immediately married again. And when his second wife died, married once again. Finally,. Losing three wives in short order, John vowed never to marry again. Rather he turned openly to. His beautiful mulatto slave Betty Hemings f. Eventually siring six more children. Though accomplished and rich, the young. She w...
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June 09, 2013. THE YOUNG WASHINGTON, Man of Action. 8212; Leave a comment. Contributed by guest author, Phil Elvy. This image of George as a 17-year-old land surveyor was reconstructed by forensic scientists based on contemporary pictures of America’s first President. You can see it today at Washington’s Virginia estate, Mt. Vernon, outside Washington, DC. Who is this man, still recognized as the greatest American of them all? So George learned to shift for himself. He read. He modeled his manner...Then,...
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Monthly Archives — September 2011. September 20, 2011. HOW THE U.S. CAPITAL CAME TO BE. 8212; 2 Comments. HOW THE U.S. CAPITAL CAME TO BE. Somehow, when I was in school, the penny never dropped (duh! That GEORGE WASHINGTON actually FOUNDED Washington, DC. Tired of moving from pillar to post–we had 8 seats of government in the quarter century between the Declaration of Independence and the move to the District of Columbia–the legislators charged . Read more →.
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Monthly Archives — January 2012. January 10, 2012. LINCOLN’S ROCK — GEN. MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS. 8212; 46 Comments. LINCOLN’S ROCK — GEN. MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS The first question for anyone planning to visit Washington, DC is: What should we see? To answer this question, you will need an exceptional guide, and that guide will need a treasure trove of stories about Washington to convey the capital’s unique significance to America and the . Read more →.
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Monthly Archives — June 2013. June 09, 2013. THE YOUNG WASHINGTON, Man of Action. 8212; Leave a comment. Contributed by guest author, Phil Elvy No words of George Washington adorn the National Mall. No personal quirks make him stand out from America’s other Founders. Yet it is Washington in our pockets and wallets and Washington whose image is being used somewhere in the world every waking moment of every day. Who is this . Read more →.
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