Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Good job, Rob. You got it.

A recreation of this event took place in 2010.

[Donna McCreary]

Yes, I think "a friend" is a much more common version. But I know I read one time that his sister was involved. If I can find it, I will post where it was.

I've always read it was his step-sister Matilda Johnston who walked on the ceiling.

[LincolnMan]

Extra credit question: Willie Lincoln was not the first person to die in that particular room in the White House. Who had previously died there?

[RJNorton]

James Garfield?

[LincolnMan]

Good guess Roger, but Garfield died after Willie passed away.

[RJNorton]

Zachary Taylor?

[LincolnMan]

Roger: Nope, but you are in the "ball-park"- the person was a U.S. President.

[RJNorton]

William Henry Harrison?

[LincolnMan]

Roger-you got it! I wonder if MTL was aware that President Harrison had died in that room? Somehow I think if she had known it she wouldn't have allowed Willie to be there.

[RJNorton]

This building is now gone, but Lincoln gave a famous speech in it. What speech was it?

[Rob Wick]

The Young Men's Lyceum speech?

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

Good guess, but this speech came later.

[Rob Wick]

Is it the "Lost Speech" in Bloomington?

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

Yes. Good job, Rob. I'll send you a copy as soon as I find it.

[RJNorton]

In the years prior to her marriage to Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd was once courted by the grandson of one of the Founding Fathers. Which Founding Father was this?