June 2011
271 posts
Dead Presidents: Deadly "Peacemaker", Unlikely... →
deadpresidents:
On February 28, 1844, Dolley Madison was far removed from her time as First Lady of the United States. Her husband, James Madison, had left the White House almost 27 years earlier and he had died in 1836, but Dolley – now 75 years old – remained a darling of the Washington social scene. …
Dead Presidents: Burial At Sea: The Odyssey of... →
deadpresidents:
It was approximately 1:00 PM when a man called Vernon B. O’Neal of O’Neal’s Funeral Home and asked for the best casket that O’Neal had available. The man on the phone, simultaneously calm and tense, needed the coffin quickly and O’Neal had a slight problem. Of the 18 people who worked at…
Dead Presidents: Random Dead Presidents Fact of... →
deadpresidents:
George Washington was the Father of His Country and remains a paternal figure to generations of Americans. However, Washington had no children of his own and died without leaving any direct descendants.
Washington was 26 years old when he married Martha Dandridge Custis, a 28-year-old widow…
