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The home eventually became the first house museum in the U.S. to honor a First Lady, and it is still open to the public today. Gwen Thompson, executive director of the Mary Todd Lincoln House ...
Southern Living has recognized the Lexington childhood home of an often misunderstood, yet politically savvy and personally ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — A man was arrested Thursday, accused of attempting to burn down the Mary Todd Lincoln House. According to an arrest citation, 29-year-old Santosh Sharma was found by a ...
On his way to Washington D.C. after being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary Todd, and their sons stopped at Mary Todd's family home. The visit makes for ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDKY) — A Kentucky man was arrested Thursday during an alleged attempt to burn down the Mary Todd Lincoln House in Lexington, officials say. A portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln seen ...
In 1862, the third child of the 16th president Abraham Lincoln, and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, died of typhoid fever in the White House at age 11. Both the president and Mary were so distraught ...
On February 20, 1862, 11-year-old Willie Lincoln died in the White House after battling typhoid fever for weeks. The boy’s death devastated both his parents, but Mary Todd Lincoln’s grief was ...
After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — A man was arrested Thursday, accused of attempting to burn down the Mary Todd Lincoln House. According to an arrest citation, 29-year-old Santosh Sharma was found by a ...