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Helen Herron Taft's legacy in Washington, D.C., continues to this day, represented each spring with the blooming of the Japanese cherry trees that line the capital's tidal basin. They result form Mrs. Taft's campaign in 1909 for planting thousands of the young flowering trees that she recalled from her years in Asia while her husband was governor of the Philippines.
Helen Taft. As “the only unusual incident” of her girlhood, “Nellie” Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs. Hayes, intimate friends of her parents. Fourth child of Harriet Collins and John W. Herron, born in 1861, she had grown up in Cincinnati, Ohio, attending a private school in the ...
Helen Taft was born on 2nd June, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Williamson Herron and Harriet Collins Herron. Her father, a district attorney, judge and Republican Party activist was at good terms with the then President due to a law partnership with him. She was the fifth out of the ten siblings and called ‘Nellie’ during childhood.
Los Taft tuvieron dos hijos y una hija. Robert A. Taft (1889–1953) fue político y estadista, Helen Taft Manning (1891–1987) fue educadora, y Charles Phelps Taft II (1897–1983) fue un líder cívico. Primera dama de los Estados Unidos Retrato oficial de la primera dama Helen Taft en la Casa Blanca.
1 photograph : black and white, gelatin silver print ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in. format) | Photograph showing Helen Herron Taft, head and shoulders portrait, facing right.
Every spring, hundreds of thousands of visitors descend upon the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., during the Cherry Blossom Festival in order to capture images of the monuments framed by delicate blossoms of pink and white. What might now look like a fairy tale setting is the result of the vision First Lady Helen “Nellie” Herron Taft and an ...
Charles Phelps Taft II (September 20, 1897 - June 24, 1983) was a U.S. Republican Party politician and member of the Taft family. From 1955 to 1957, he served as Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Like other members of his family, Taft was a Republican for the purposes of state-wide elections. However, when running for municipal office in Cincinnati, Taft was a member of the Charter Party. During his ...
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