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06-08-2021, 05:24 PM,
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J. Beckert
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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
You've nailed it, Roger! Lincoln Isham, Lincoln's great grandson (1892-1971), eventually settled on a 22 acre farm near Dorset, Vt, the next town north of Manchester. He gifted the hat to a friend who owned The Dorset Inn and it was returned to Hildene in 1984. It's amazing it's still in the pristine condition it is, because for years it was displayed by simply putting it out in the open air on a table and returned to a closet at night. I was told once by a docent at Hildene that it's believed to be the hat he wore to Gettysburg, but I have no clue where that information came from.
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06-22-2021, 05:47 PM,
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RJNorton
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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
Kudos, Anita!! That is correct.
I used a different online source:
"Their room (they had only one to themselves) was on the second floor at the front
of the house. The pump was in front of the house. It was Lincoln’s habit to come down at bedtime to get a pitcher of water. He always came after partly undressing
being usually attired only in shirt and breeches minus suspenders, though sometimes his “galluses” were worn improperly adjusted After getting his pitcher of water if the night was pleasant, he would sit down on the steps of the porch, and tell stories to whoever happened to be near. If any one passed they stopped to listen also, and frequently there would be quite an audience gathered round him, listening attentively to his remarks. When it began to grow late, Mrs. Lincoln would begin to cough as a signal to him to cease talking and go to bed. When she began to cough it was understood by his listeners that it was growing late. In this way he was inconsiderate. He sometimes kept her coughing until midnight or after."
SOURCE: Interview with William Gabriel Beck in For The People
https://abrahamlincolnassociation.org/wp...4-2020.pdf
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07-06-2021, 12:14 PM,
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2021, 12:28 PM by David Lockmiller.)
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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
(07-06-2021, 08:38 AM)RJNorton Wrote: No idea...wild guess...did Lenin get kicked in the head by a horse?
When Lincoln became conscious, he finished the sentence he was working upon when he got kicked in the head by the horse.
(07-06-2021, 10:39 AM)Gene C Wrote: Both had an unsuccessful career in retail, they both found something useful in a box (barrel) of used goods. Lincoln found law books, Lenin found an old guitar ?
Which reminds me of a song by the Beatles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJQtozWKCyg
Great words and graphics.
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
