Norman Gasbarro | January 13, 2013
The first United States stamp honoring Abraham Lincoln was issued in 1866 approximately one year following his tragic death, with the earliest known use documented as 14 April 1866. The color black was undoubtedly chosen to recognize mourning, but had been used before for stamps recognizing George Washington and Andrew Jackson. A common practice at […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 6, 2013
The Gettysburg Address was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, 19 November 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. The historical marker […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 3, 2013
The White House of the Confederacy is located at 1201 Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia. Historical Markers SA 50 WHITE HOUSE OF THE CONFEDERACY Built in 1818 as the residence of Dr. John Brockenbrough, this National Historic Landmark is best known as the executive mansion for the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. President Jefferson Davis […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 2, 2013
It is very possible that Mahlon Shaaber (1844-1917), standing at more than six foot seven inches, was the tallest soldier in the Civil War. The portrait of him, taken in his G.A.R. uniform some time after 1900, shows him standing alone, but another picture, known to have been taken in 1910 in Atlantic City (below), […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 27, 2012
Most stories of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln begin the same way. The author gives the date of Friday 14 April 1865 and mentions that Lincoln was taking in a play as a form of winding down from the pressures of office and four years of war. A brief description of the activities of […]
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