Good job, Rob. You got it.

A recreation of this event took place in 2010.

(10-02-2012 06:17 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Yes, I think "a friend" is a much more common version. But I know I read one time that his sister was involved. If I can find it, I will post where it was.

I've always read it was his step-sister Matilda Johnston who walked on the ceiling.

Extra credit question: Willie Lincoln was not the first person to die in that particular room in the White House. Who had previously died there?

James Garfield?

Good guess Roger, but Garfield died after Willie passed away.

Zachary Taylor?

Roger: Nope, but you are in the "ball-park"- the person was a U.S. President.

William Henry Harrison?

Roger-you got it! I wonder if MTL was aware that President Harrison had died in that room? Somehow I think if she had known it she wouldn't have allowed Willie to be there.

This building is now gone, but Lincoln gave a famous speech in it. What speech was it?

The Young Men's Lyceum speech?

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Rob

Good guess, but this speech came later.

Is it the "Lost Speech" in Bloomington?

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Rob

Yes. Good job, Rob. I'll send you a copy as soon as I find it.

In the years prior to her marriage to Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd was once courted by the grandson of one of the Founding Fathers. Which Founding Father was this?