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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 05-26-2013
If he was a German, the "e" would almost sound like the "a" in "manison" and the "au" like "ow" in "wow".
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Hess1865 - 05-27-2013
(05-26-2013, 04:31 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Was Mrs. Buchanan this distinguished lady?
Buchanan wasa batchelor
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - J. Beckert - 06-01-2013
For nearly three centuries, Japan had been a completely isolated nation. American shipping interests, however, identified the nation as a prime location to stop and resupply their ships on the way into China and Southeast Asia.
Which U.S. President pioneered the idea of trade with Japan?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 06-01-2013
Millard Fillmore?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - J. Beckert - 06-01-2013
You nailed it, Eva. Another one of our log cabin Presidents who doesn't get anywhere near the respect Lincoln gets, Millard Fillmore was the first to explore trade with Japan.
All you folks that drive those reliable, fuel efficient Toyotas owe a debt of gratitude to the Rodney Dangerfield of Presidents.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 06-01-2013
I just read something about our first naval battle with Japan occurring during the Civil War. I believe a synopsis of it will be in the July issue of the Surratt Courier in our day-by-day blows of what was occurring during that war.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 06-09-2013
Which First Lady said this?
"I live a very dull life here and know nothing that passes in the town. I never go to any public place - indeed, I am more like a state prisoner than anything else. There is certain bounds set for me which I must not depart from - and as I cannot do as I like, I am obstinate, and stay at home a great deal."
Hint #1: This was not said before or after her husband's presidency; it was said while he was president.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 06-09-2013
James Madison's wife?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 06-10-2013
Eva, it's not her, but you are not too far off.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - tblunk - 06-10-2013
(06-10-2013, 05:05 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Eva, it's not her, but you are not too far off.
Abigail Adams?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 06-10-2013
You are REALLY getting close, Tom.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - tblunk - 06-10-2013
(06-10-2013, 07:02 AM)RJNorton Wrote: You are REALLY getting close, Tom.
Well then, by the process of elimination, I'm going to say Martha Washington! Warmer? Colder?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 06-10-2013
The hint suggests she had already been in Washington before the presidency. Martha Jefferson? (Am I a spoilsport if I'm guessing that often? If I know I'll back off!)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Joe Di Cola - 06-10-2013
Abigail Adams? The President's House was still not completely ready, some of the paster was damp, and both the house and Washington were not very inviting places. Washington was a smelly, muddy, uncultured city at its founding.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 06-10-2013
Good try, Eva and Joe, but Tom got it. These feelings were expressed by Martha Washington, then in New York, in a letter to her niece, Frances Fanny Bassett Washington. The date of the letter was October 23, 1789.