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14. DC will do it, history town. We came as kids, did NGA and SI

Sun May 26, 2019, 10:56 AM

May 2019

where I later worked briefly. Great Moms think alike! She also took us to visit Gettysburg, Monticello, Wmsbg. all thanks to her love of culture.

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Robert Todd Lincoln and his proximity to 3 out of 4 Presidential Assassinations [View all] Dennis Donovan May 2019 OP

I used to use the assassination connections as a trivia question. rickford66 May 2019 #1

Interesting Freddie May 2019 #2

POTUS history is one of my historical specialties... Dennis Donovan May 2019 #5

Does he maybe have a great great great grandson that hangs out Submariner May 2019 #3

No. Did you not see that his grandson PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #4

Naw! That particular orange baffoon paleotn May 2019 #6

Amazing coincidences. Nitram May 2019 #7

Interesting associations and coincidences. That family suffered so many appalachiablue May 2019 #8

The Booths, pictured together: Dennis Donovan May 2019 #9

Yes saw that one of them on stage. You've seen the YT video appalachiablue May 2019 #10

Yep, but, IIRC, I think it was "I've Got A Secret" Dennis Donovan May 2019 #11

That's it, 'Secret' indeed. Fascinating, he was a small boy in 1865. appalachiablue May 2019 #12

Me mum - as a child, she brought us to DC in 1975... Dennis Donovan May 2019 #13

DC will do it, history town. We came as kids, did NGA and SI appalachiablue May 2019 #14

As an adult, I've returned to DC many times. Dennis Donovan May 2019 #15

Never saw Palmer Hs. but might now; attended conferences at the Hilton appalachiablue May 2019 #16

Added to my list! Dennis Donovan May 2019 #17

Never knew FDR & E lived there, surprise, not! That awful event triggered appalachiablue May 2019 #18