+- Lincoln Discussion Symposium (https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium)
+-- Forum: Lincoln Discussion Symposium (/forum-1.html)
+--- Forum: Trivia Questions - all things Lincoln (/forum-8.html)
+--- Thread: Extra Credit Questions (/thread-3582.html)
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310
RE: Extra Credit Questions - AussieMick - 01-12-2022 05:50 PM
A religious preacher?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 01-12-2022 06:15 PM
Theodore Parker?
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-13-2022 04:43 AM
Michael and Rob --> you both are now getting very warm.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-13-2022 02:18 PM
Hint #2: He was a candidate for President in 1844.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-13-2022 03:26 PM
Hint #2.5: He was killed several months before the Presidential election in 1844.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 01-13-2022 03:50 PM
Joseph Smith?
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-14-2022 04:53 AM
Excellent, Rob. Indeed it was Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader. As far as I know, there is no evidence Smith and Abraham Lincoln ever met. It is known, however, that Lincoln did some reading about the Mormons while President. On November 18, 1861, the following books were borrowed from the Library of Congress and sent to the White House at Lincoln's request: John Williams Gunnison's Mormons, or Latter Day Saints, John Hyde's Mormonism:Its Leaders and Designs, and Joseph Smith, Jr.'s The Book of Mormon; An Account Taken by the Hand of Mormon from the Plates of Nephi.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-23-2022 05:55 PM
Please, no googling. Thanks.
A person memorialized Edward Baker in a poem after Colonel Baker was killed in action at the Battle of Ball's Bluff.
The first line of the poem:
"There was no patriot like Baker"
What is the name of the person who wrote the poem?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 02-23-2022 07:00 PM
Walt Whitman would be too easy, so I'll get that out of the way early on.
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Susan Higginbotham - 02-23-2022 07:04 PM
Willie Lincoln.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-24-2022 04:52 AM
Right on Susan! I did not know about Willie's poem until hearing about it during the History Channel's series on Lincoln. For the words, please see Dr. Samuel Wheeler's page here:
http://lincolnstudies.blogspot.com/2007/10/lines-on-death-of-col-edward-d-baker.html
Also, note the first comment below the poem on that page. Any opinions?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - David Lockmiller - 02-24-2022 05:54 AM
(02-24-2022 04:52 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Right on Susan! I did not know about Willie's poem until hearing about it during the History Channel's series on Lincoln. For the words, please see Dr. Samuel Wheeler's page here:
http://lincolnstudies.blogspot.com/2007/10/lines-on-death-of-col-edward-d-baker.html
Also, note the first comment below the poem on that page. Any opinions?
I believe William W. Lincoln wrote the entire poem.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-29-2022 10:41 AM
No googling, use of books, etc., please.
During President-elect Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural train ride the tracks passed by a cemetery where a previous President was buried. The train slowed, and Lincoln stood on the rear platform. With his hat off, the President-elect bowed out of respect.
What was the name of this deceased President?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Anita - 03-29-2022 02:34 PM
I'm trying to remember the inaugural train route which I think went through Ohio- if so it could be Pres. Harrison. I also think it went through Massachusetts so it could be John Adams.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 03-29-2022 04:22 PM
Kudos, Anita!! Yes, Abraham Lincoln's inaugural train passed the grave of William Henry Harrison on February 12, 1861. Members of Harrison's surviving family were at the gravesite as the train slowly passed the town of North Bend, Ohio.