Notice anything about the doors leading in to the Lincoln crypt at the Lincoln Memorial, Oak Ridge Cemetery? They don't hang on hinges. During the early 1930s remodel, they were installed as pocket doors. And now you know!

Flight 93 Memorial-it’s an emotional experience and I’m thankful to have been able to visit and pay my respects to all those passengers and crew who perished at the hands of terrorists. Listening to a few of the phone calls placed by passengers aboard Flight 93 to loved ones

Apparently I had something better to do and I missed posting this death announcement on Tuesday. Better late than never. On September 10, 1842, Letitia Tyler passed away in the WH (1 of 3 FLs) due to complications arising from a stroke. Her death made John Tyler the first

Call to Veterans! Asking all Veterans to make the pilgrimage to Freedom Plaza (just SE of Treasury Building in DC) for the Official Unveiling of the National World War I Memorial - A Soldier’s Journey by Master Sculptor Sabin Howard on 13 September 2024 (6:45 PM ) for a

The operating room at the Pan American Exposition used for McKinley's operation. Doctors were unsuccessful locating the bullet. During the operation, one doctor held a mirror to direct sunlight onto the surgical site.😬

OTD in 1901, President McKinley passed away in Buffalo, NY. How did President McKinley meet his demise after being shot in the stomach by anarchist Leon Czolgosz? Immediately after McKinley’s surgery at the Pan-American Exposition hospital (physicians repaired the bullet wounds

Should have had a double post yesterday. OTD in (9/14) 1836, Aaron Bur (VP under Jefferson, 1st term) passed away at the St. James Hotel on Staten Island, NY. His funeral was held at College of New Jersey (Princeton Univ.) CoD: he was in-firmed for three years due to a stroke

Street melee in Canton during the McKinley obsequies. Cleveland Leader, 9/19/1901.

#OTD in #history, 1620, the #Mayflower began its voyage to the “New World.” It was funded by merchants hoping to prosper from #America's resources. Onboard were #Pilgrims, tradesmen, indentured servants, and crew. All hoped for opportunity, many to freely practice their religion.

OTD in 1996, Spiro Agnew (VP under Nixon) passed away at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Maryland. CoD: (undiagnosed) acute leukemia. He is one of four VPs to be cremated.

Sarcophagi (a few of many) of the Habsburgs, found in the Imperial Crypt at Capuchin Church (it has a modest exterior), Vienna, Austria. These are master pieces of design, craftsmanship, metalwork, and detail. I've not come across such elaborate pieces of art.

Jimmy Carter's birth is closer to John Quincy Adams's Inauguration Day than today's date.

(Yes, I know it's a long post.) Monday, September 19, 1881. President Garfield was seventy-nine days in recovery from being shot in the back at the Baltimore and Potomac Depot in Washington. From July 2 to September 18, he underwent eight surgeries, some major some minor; lost

Amidst the orange construction cones along Mentor Avenue today is black and purple fence bunting, hung by rangers to commemorate the 143rd anniversary of the death of President James A. Garfield

First order of business after Garfield's death: prepare him for his upcoming funeral and perform an autopsy. Undertaker Charles Benedict of NY was given the task of embalming the President. One of his assistant's commented that Garfield’s body looked “like the body of a person