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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 08-10-2017
(08-10-2017, 03:58 PM)RJNorton Wrote: The Lincoln boys had two pets goats.
The President that I'm referring to actually had the goat as his personal pet.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 08-11-2017
Can you give a hint?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 08-11-2017
Neither the President nor the goat stayed in office very long.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Wild Bill - 08-11-2017
William Henry Harrison
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 08-11-2017
(08-11-2017, 11:51 AM)Wild Bill Wrote: William Henry Harrison
100% correct, sir. I wonder what eventually happened to that goat?
Now, here's my final question for the week: Which President was involved in as many as 100 duel situations in his lifetime? He was shot in the chest in one in 1806, and later took a bullet to the arm in an 1813 bar fight with a U.S. Senator.
(For some reason, I'm betting Wild Bill will know this one also.)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Wild Bill - 08-11-2017
Andrew Jackson
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 08-11-2017
(08-11-2017, 12:58 PM)Wild Bill Wrote: Andrew Jackson
See, folks, I told you he'd get it right off the bat!
PS: Many of his altercations were related to defending the attacks against his wife, Rachel.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Steve - 08-11-2017
(08-11-2017, 11:58 AM)L Verge Wrote:(08-11-2017, 11:51 AM)Wild Bill Wrote: William Henry Harrison
100% correct, sir. I wonder what eventually happened to that goat?
His grandson, President Benjamin Harrison also had a goat which was named Old Whiskers:
http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/old_whiskers/
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 08-16-2017
This train car has a special association to one President.
1. Who was the President?
2. What was the car used for?
3. Where is the car located now?
![[Image: railroadcar1.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/railroadcar1.jpg)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Steve - 08-16-2017
1. By the style of the train, I would guess Franklin Roosevelt or Truman.
2. For the President to travel in by rail?
3. By the look of it, rotting away on some abandoned track at a train depot/station?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 08-17-2017
Good enough, Steve. Vicki and I were watching the Smithsonian Channel on Monday and saw the story of this railroad car which is located below the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. I am going to post a link to an article about the car. The article says that FDR used this secret entrance to the hotel "in part to hide his disability from the public." I felt the TV show implied the sole reason FDR used it was to hide his immobility from public viewing.
http://gothamist.com/2015/02/20/waldorf-astoria_train_tracks_subway.php#photo-1
(if the article does not appear on that page click on where it says "Read More")
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 08-24-2017
A First Lady said this - who was she?
"Wouldn't you rather wear your blue jeans than wander around in a hoop skirt?"
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-24-2017
Eleanor Roosevelt?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 08-24-2017
You are in the right century, Eva, but it was not Eleanor Roosevelt.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 08-24-2017
Rosalyn Carter?