She acted as gatekeeper, allowing no visitors, instead bringing documents for him to sign and relaying the president’s wishes and instructions. As a result, wags insist that #EdithWilson was the first #WomanPresident

#PresidentEdith
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Comic book cover depicting a Roman soldier holding the severed head of Pompey the Great

#OnThisDay in 48 BCE Roman general #PompeyTheGreat went to Egypt in an attempt to rally an army against #Caesar. Instead, the Egyptians presented Caesar with #Pompey’s severed head
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#AncientHistory #AncientRome #History #Comics #CoveredHistory

Roosevelt’s diary entry for Feb 14, 1884, stating The Light Has Gone Out of My Life beneath a big X

TR was naturally devastated.
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