Mrs. Pratt had five of them. The largest collection outside of russia, more than the queen of england owns and she had them here in this house. Later on she donated them to the Virginia State museum. So today you could see them in one of the rooms down there. She predeceased mr. Pratt by a number of years. He lived here by himself up until 1975 when well into his 90s he died and at that point he gave the house to the National Park service. Realizing its historical importance. Thanks to the jens rossty of this man that we are able to show the house to you. I hope you enjoy it. If the you have any questions ask me and of course, we have a lot of interesting things going on on the front grounds today as well. So please take advantage of those as well. The gardens were on the front of the house. Entirely obliterated. If you look at pictures, we have one on the fireplace, of that side of the house during the war, youll see no garden. After the war was over in the 1920s they then moved the g
I would like to welcome everyone to William Howard Taft National Historic Site on behalf of the National Park service. The significance of the house is that this is the birth and boyhood home of our 27th president and 10th chief justice William Howard taft. The house was built around 1840. Thats the time that we like to use here. Tafts parents were fawnville and louise taft. They originally came from the new england states. Well, alfonzo taft, when he first left townsend, vermont, which was his hometown area, he comes here to cincinnati, ohio, in 1838, and he actually begins to work with a law firm, nathaniel wright, becoming a lawyer here in cincinnati. This is where he first started to make money. The tafts were prominent individuals who would later leave downtown cincinnati and move up to the top of the hill here in mt. Auburn. Mt. Auburn was once referred to as cincinnatis fifth avenue. The prince of wales when he came to visit the city, he actually would stay in a home up here in
I would like to welcome everyone to William Howard taft National Historic site. The significance of this house is this the birth and boyhood home of our 27th president. And our 10th chief justice, William Howard taft. The house was built around 1840, that is the time we like to use here. His parents were Alphonso Taft and louise taft. They came from the states. When alfonso left vermont he came here to cincinnati, ohio in 1838. He begins to work with a law firm, becoming a lawyer here in cincinnati. This is where he started to make money. Were prominent would laterwho leave downtown cincinnati and moved to the top here at mount auburn. Mount auburn was once referred to as cincinnatis 5th avenue. When the prince of wales came to visit he would stay in a home up here in the mount auburn community. This is where the welltodo got first established. Trying to get away from all the pollution and the slaughterhouses, thus getting the name porkopolis. Trying to get to that cleaner, healthier a
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By definition, the office of first lady plays a supporting role in American politics. That makes information about some of the most influential women in United States history difficult to find. But in the new book
First Ladies of the United States, from Smithsonian Books, author Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, the National Portrait Gallery s senior historian and director of history, research, and scholarship, aims to highlight the women of the White House through insightful essays into their lives set alongside 84 gorgeous portraits that further reveal their characters.
“First ladies are super important to the history of the country, but to say they’ve gotten second importance to the president isn’t even coming close to how under-researched their lives are,” DuBois Shaw tells Mental Floss. “First ladies don’t have sites in the way that presidents do, and so while presidents have these libraries and foundation centers, first ladi