First Lady #7

 

                                            Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson

If this does not grab your attention, I don’t know what would.

Wearing the white dress she had purchased for her husband’s inaugural ceremonies in March 1829, Rachel Donelson Jackson was buried in the garden at The Hermitage, her home near Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Eve in 1828.

 

Rachel Donelson was a child of the frontier. Born in Virginia, she journeyed to the Tennessee wilderness with her parents when only 12. At 17, while living in Kentucky, she married Lewis Robards, of a prominent Mercer County family. His unreasoning jealousy made it impossible for her to live with him; in 1790 they separated, and she heard that he was filing a petition for divorce. 

Andrew Jackson married her in 1791; and after two happy years they learned to their dismay that Robards had not obtained a divorce, only permission  to file for one. Now he brought suit on grounds of adultery. After the divorce was granted the Jackson quietly remarried in 1794 amid the scandal. 

The Jacksons never had children of their own, but gladly opened their home to the children of Rachel's many relatives. In 1809 they adopted a nephew and named him Andres Jackson Jr. They also reared other nephews; one, Andrew Jackson Donelson, who eventually married his cousin Emily, of of Rachel's favorite nieces and it was she who fulfilled the duties of  the first lady after her death in 1828. 

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Chuckles

 

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First Lady #6

 

                                                         Louisa Katherine Adams

Louisa Adams was born on February 12, 1775, in London., The illegitimate daughter of Joshua Johnson, an American merchant from Maryland.

She met John Quincy Adams at her father's house in Cooper's Row, near Tower Hill, London. Her father had been appointed as United States consul general in 1790, and Adams first visited him in November 1795. Adams at first showed interest in her older sister but soon settled on Louisa. Adams, aged 30, married Louisa, aged 22, on July 26, 1797. John Quincy Adams’s father (John Adams) was then the current President of the United States.

 Louisa was pregnant fourteen times, miscared nine times and one child was stillborn. Three sons and one daughter survived. Her husband served in many different areas including in Russia before being elected President in 1825. He only served one term and she was known as a great hostess during that time.

 

The First Spouse Gold Coins Program was authorized by the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-145).

 

 

Her husband died at the Capitol in 1848. She remained in Washington until her death of a heart attack on May 15, 1852, at the age of 77. The day of her funeral was the first time both houses of the United States Congress adjourned in mourning for any woman. 

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Our reality

 Many people don't live near a border so aren't too effected by the overflow of illegal immigration but here in Arizona it is a sad state for our deserts. 

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A special wish

               Am so grateful to all the mother's who have made a difference in many lives.

Do you know

 

                                     Do you know why a ostrich sticks it's head in the ground?

                                                           He is looking for water

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Did you know?

 

• M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie

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Spring

 Spring has sprung at my house:)

Behind the scenes

 Sometimes what you don't see is even more amazing than what you do see....

Skeleton of a turtle.

Happy Easter

 

Sunshine

 

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy

Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry

Sunshine on the water looks so lovely

Sunshine almost always makes me high

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How can it be....

 Bought this little cactus several months ago and I swear he looks exactly the same and yes he is alive.

First Lady #5

 

Elizabeth Kortright married James Monroe in February 1786, when the bride was not yet 18.

Early in their marriage the family increased by two daughter and a only son who died in infancy.

Elizabeth was an accomplished hostess, when her husband took the Presidential oath in 1817 but through much of the administration she was in poor health and curtailed her activities.  Later it was determined that she suffered from epilepsy.   

With such a fast difference from the former first lady Dolley Madison, she was considered an elitist and aloof by many and her wish to remain private led to many criticisms.  Not to be deterred she and her daughter Eliza changed White House customs to create the formal atmosphere of European courts. Even the white House wedding of her daughter Maria was private, in ‘the New York style” rather than the expansive Virginia social style made popular by her predecessor.

Elizabeth was too ill to leave the White House when her husband’s second term ended in March 1725; it would be another three weeks before the Monroes were finally able to retire to their estate in Oak Hill, Virginia.  Not long afterward, Elizabeth suffered a seizure and collapsed near an open fireplace, leading to severe burns. She lived for another three years, often in pain, until her death on September 23, 1830. Noting that he wouldn’t survive long without her, the grief-stricken Monroe passed away less that a year later.

Progress

 I am home and have been for nearly a week now. Finished all the antibiotic and in the process of weaning off oxygen. Got my second vaccination yesterday...Yahooo. Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes💓💓

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Did you know?

 

The 1920s era is also known for its fashion sense. It wasn't only used for glamour, but also as a functional accessory. In this case, moonshiners wore "cow shoes" to hide their identity. These pieces of wood fixed to the bottoms of their shoes made their footprints look like hoof prints. 

Sharing

 This is a picture of the beautiful flowers my daughter and family send me in the hospital. 

Still on oxygen but getting better every day. Thank you for all the well wishes.