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Christmas 1864: Tad Invites Tattered Newsboys For Dinner.
12-12-2019, 08:53 AM
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Christmas 1864: Tad Invites Tattered Newsboys For Dinner.
Story in here.
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presid...-gift-1864
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12-12-2019, 01:04 PM
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(12-12-2019 08:53 AM)Mylye2222 Wrote:  Story in here.
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presid...-gift-1864

There's a nice photograph of Tad standing alone in the North Drive of the White House.

And, there's also a photograph of the painting titled "The Peacemakers." What a momentous discussion that must have been. With the military officers talking military tactics to defeat General Lee and President Lincoln making reference to the "effusion" of blood on both sides.

The Peacemakers, by G.P.A. Healy, 1868. Seated in the after cabin of the Union steamer River Queen are Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln, and Rear Adm. David D. Porter. The four met in March 1865, less than a week before the fall of Petersburg, Virginia.

"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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12-12-2019, 01:33 PM
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(12-12-2019 01:04 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  
(12-12-2019 08:53 AM)Mylye2222 Wrote:  Story in here.
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presid...-gift-1864

There's a nice photograph of Tad standing alone in the North Drive of the White House.

And, there's also a photograph of the painting titled "The Peacemakers." What a momentous discussion that must have been. With the military officers talking military tactics to defeat General Lee and President Lincoln making reference to the "effusion" of blood on both sides.

The Peacemakers, by G.P.A. Healy, 1868. Seated in the after cabin of the Union steamer River Queen are Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln, and Rear Adm. David D. Porter. The four met in March 1865, less than a week before the fall of Petersburg, Virginia.

Lincoln conducted all the war without stopping thinking of the other side, he never demonized them.
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12-12-2019, 01:37 PM
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I also liked the photo of Tad in front of the White House
Thanks for sharing the article with us - Smile

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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12-12-2019, 05:45 PM
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Emilie, I second David and Gene!
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12-13-2019, 05:19 PM
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(12-12-2019 05:45 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Emilie, I second David and Gene!

You're all welcome, thank you. Tad seemed to have been a wonderful boy with high standards.
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12-14-2019, 12:03 AM
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(12-13-2019 05:19 PM)Mylye2222 Wrote:  
(12-12-2019 05:45 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Emilie, I second David and Gene!

You're all welcome, thank you. Tad seemed to have been a wonderful boy with high standards.

Well said about Tad Lincoln.

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