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On the first Christmas Day during the war, Lincoln hosted a Christmas party during the evening; earlier that day, he spent many hours explaining the capture of Confederate representatives to Great Britain and France, John Slidell and James Murray Mason (the Trent Affair). [1] U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and his son Thomas "Tad" Lincoln
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [1] The song tells of the narrator hearing Christmas bells during the American Civil War , but despairing that "hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to men".
The Christmas card that holds the world record as the most expensive ever sold was a card produced in 1843 by J. C. Horsley and commissioned by civil servant Sir Henry Cole. The card, one of the world's first, was sold in 2001 by UK auctioneers Henry Aldridge to an anonymous bidder for a record breaking £22,250.
A few days before Christmas 1864, a local lad made good, Lancaster’s own William Tecumseh Sherman, sent a telegram to his commander-in-chief Abraham Lincoln saying to him: “I beg to present ...
The greetings of "Happy Christmas" which remind us of the artless mirth of the shepherds on that holy night; the Christmas tree, often with a source of joy to the poor, representatives of Christ in the property of His manger bed; Christmas gifts recalling God's great gift of His Son to us on the first Christmas night; the Twelfth-Night cake ...
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The "Shepherd's Crook," the original insignia authorized for U.S. Army chaplains, 1880–1888, and still included as part of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps regimental insignia Early army chaplain uniforms used the color black as a symbol of a ministerial presence, before corps insignia had been instituted WWI Army uniform coat with Christian Chaplain insignia WWI Army dress uniform coat with ...