Trivia Advent Calendar

[L Verge]

One of the Todd brothers or half-brothers?

[RJNorton]

Excellent guess, Herr Beckert, but it's not he.

Hint #1: If not here, I would have posted this on the "MTL Trivia" thread.

OK - with this hint I think I know - Mary Lincoln's nephew, Edward Lewis Baker?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Smart idea, Laurie, but kudos, Roger is correct!!! Here's a nice article for those who aren't familiar with Lewis:
https://featherfoster.wordpress.com/2013...wis-baker/

[Gene C]

Thanks for posting this, I have never seen his photo.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thanks, Gene - I've long tried to find a photo of him and just lately succeeded!

[Eva Elisabeth]

Where is #8, and what is special about it?
   

[Thomas Kearney]

It looks like what is now the ghettos of DC where the Hale family lived.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Good guess, Thomas, but, I'm sorry, not correct.

[RJNorton]

Is that the persimmon tree near the Soldiers Home where President Lincoln convinced Charles Forbes to eat some of the green fruit, and Forbes spit it out and exclaimed, "Mr. President, I am poisoned! I am poisoned!"

[Eva Elisabeth]

I love that story! Excellent guess, Roger, but, sorry, not correct either!

Hint #1: Roger's guess is inasfar correct as this is some kind of original, historic tree.

[J. Beckert]

I think that's a Sycamore tree in Gettysburg that was a silent witness to what transpired there in 1863.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Kudos, Joe - you nailed it, it's one of only five trees left of those days. Here's the entire photo:
   
Your prize in memoriam John Lennon, who was shot 35 years ago (on Dec.8, 1980):
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Vfp48laS8

[J. Beckert]

Danke, Frau Eva! And Frohliche Weihnachten to you, my dear!!

Although I'm a bit late in coming to the Advent Trivia fun this year, I did peruse the thread and I see that a frequent contributor to this forum has an impressive record of winning three out of the first six questions! Very admirable, but if I have my way - short lived. Without naming names, and to make the Advent Trivia fun even more fun, (for me, anyway), with your permission, I'd like to keep score and stomp a mudhole in your current frontrunner to be this year's Advent Trivia Champion!

"The Director" 3
Me 1

[Eva Elisabeth]

Fröhliche Weihnachten, Joe!
To complete the scores:
Gene: 2
Roger: 2

Now what about #9, respectively where is this?

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[Thomas Kearney]

It is Teddy Roosevelt looking out the window watching the Lincoln funeral procession at his grandpa's house in NYC.