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Presidents and First Ladies Trivia
06-16-2017, 07:14 PM
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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia
I have probably posted this before, but when they were courting, President Wilson and Edith used to take rides into Southern Maryland. They often stopped on the side of the road and admired the sheep in my grandfather's pasture. They would then stop at the old Huntt family store to get gas for the trip back to DC and sometimes discussed the raising of sheep with my grandfather and uncle (the latter then about 16).

Most of you know that Wilson installed sheep on the White House grounds during WWI to "mow" the grass. The starter group came from Belair Mansion, also in our county. The wool was sent to make uniforms for our troops.

Edith had married first into the Galt family of DC, long famous for a very exclusive jewelry store. Back in the 1970s, Joan Chaconas and I stopped into the old store on 15th Street to drool at the offerings. There was a very elderly clerk on duty and no one else in the store. We made mention that we knew Lincoln had shopped at Galt Bros. This wonderful man went to the back rooms and came back with an ancient ledger showing us the handwritten records of purchases made by Mr. Lincoln. He was just so nice that I could not bring myself to grab that ledger and take off running!

The store closed over a decade (or two) ago, and I sure hope that that ledger and other prized papers went to proper places.
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RE: New Topic - Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Hess1865 - 01-16-2013, 08:29 PM
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