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Southern Living describes the Mary Todd Lincoln House as a place that’s easy to fit in between restaurants and other things ...
I often wonder what meal was served to Abraham Lincoln and his entourage at the David Wills House in Gettysburg, on the evening of Nov. 18, 1863, the night before ...
After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and ...
Lexington, Kentucky’s 250-year history brims with remarkable stories that paint a vivid picture of its past. Early records were nearly lost in Levi Todd’s stone office fire, but community members ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Six people were displaced and another person was hospitalized after a house fire in Lexington. The Lexington Fire Department says they were called to a single-story home on ...
This year’s History Hop features three venues: the Ashland Henry Clay Estate, the Mary Todd Lincoln House, and the Lexington History Museum. Next Monday, each of these locations will have free ...
The court of public opinion has found no First Lady more wanting than Mary Todd Lincoln ... while in the White House. Yet, the author credits Mary with fuelling Lincoln’s rise.
The play, directed by Sam Pinkleton, reimagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a petulant, wannabe cabaret star dreaming to get away from her husband and the White House. Since opening on Broadway in July ...
sex-starved wannabe cabaret singer Mary Todd Lincoln, who is cooped up in the White House as her boy-crazy husband, Abraham Lincoln, is trying to end the Civil War. “Oh, Mary!” was the hottest ...
On February 20, 1862, 11-year-old Willie Lincoln died in the White House after battling typhoid fever for weeks. The boy’s death devastated both his parents, but Mary Todd Lincoln’s grief was ...
The first lady’s time in the White House was marked with controversy and tragedy, including being part of a divided family during the Civil War, according to the Mary Todd Lincoln House.