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Hace 6 días · At a dinner on May 20, the Chicago Literary Club will celebrate its 150th anniversary. The club’s current president, former WGN-TV news anchor Robert Jordan, joined in 2012. “I thought that ...
Lincoln’s surviving son, Robert Todd Lincoln, also attended. In 2000, Congress established a National Moment of Remembrance , which asks Americans to pause for one minute at 3 p.m. in an act of ...
Hace 4 días · ¿Qué es el Síndrome de Beckwith-Wiedemann (SBW)? El SBW es un trastorno genético poco común que causa un crecimiento excesivo prenatal y postnatal, macroglosia (lengua agrandada) y predisposición a ciertos tumores.
Hace 5 días · Olver Wendell Holmes was just 21 when he penned his most memorable poem. It certainly saved the USS Constitutioni, but that salvation took 100 years. One of the nation's best loved patriotic poems first appeared in 1830 when the victorious frigate was only 33 years old and headed for the scrap heap. VISIT our Ironsides section for more.
Hace 4 días · While he was never interested in becoming president like his father, Robert would accept an appointment as the Secretary of War from 1881 - 1885 and later as US Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1889 - 1893. Robert Todd Lincoln’s memorial was designed by James Earle Fraser, who also worked on the Taft headstone.
Hace 3 días · Before Lincoln Center, there was San Juan HIll. Learn about the vibrant neighborhood that was bulldozed and lost by none other than Robert Moses.
Hace 4 días · The last Lincoln descendant was Robert Lincoln's grandson. His name was Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith. He died December 24, 1985.
