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The ghost of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, also known as the White House Ghost, is said to have haunted the White House since Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Lincoln's ghost has also been said to haunt many of his former residences in Springfield, Illinois, including his former law office. [1]
- Grace Coolidge
- Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands
- Mary Eben, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Secretary
- Winston Churchill
- And 6. Maureen Reagan and Dennis Revell
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Lady Bird Johnson
- FDR’s Valet, Cesar Carrera
- Tony Savoy, White House Operations Foreman
- Harry Truman
Getty In a series of articles for American Magazine, First Lady Grace Coolidge revealedthat she once saw Lincoln standing by a window in the Lincoln Bedroom, which had previously been his office. She noted that he was gazing out the window across the Potomac, to a spot that had once been the site of a Civil War battlefield.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands stayed at the White Houseduring a state visit in 1942, and apparently heard a knock at the door around midnight. When she opened it, the 16th president was standing there. The queen promptly fainted.
The First Lady’s secretary once reportedseeing Honest Abe in the northwest bedroom. He was sitting on the bed, pulling his boots on hurriedly as if he had somewhere important to be.
Getty There’s a famous story about how the British Prime Minister met Lincoln’s ghost. During one of his stays at the residence in the 1940s, Churchill had just finished a bath and was walking into the main bedroom, completely nude, when he saw the president standing by the fireplace. “Good evening Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvanta...
Ronald Reagan’s daughter Maureen was no stranger to overnight visits at the White House. On at least one occasion, her husband Dennis woke up to see a shadowy figure standing by the fireplace. Maureen didn’t believe him until she, too, saw a man in a red coat standing in their room in the middle of the night. She initially thought it was her father...
Getty Ike once toldpress secretary James Hagerty that he was once walking down a hallway when he spied a figure coming down the hall straight toward him. After a moment, he realized it was Abraham Lincoln.
Lady Bird Johnson’s press secretary, Liz Carpenter, once saidthat the First Lady had been watching a documentary on Lincoln’s death when a plaque hanging in the room caught her attention. When she read it, she realized that it mentioned Lincoln’s time in the room—and a feeling of coldness and unease washed over her.
It’s been reportedthat Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s personal valet, Cesar Carrera, ran from the White House screaming on one occasion—he had just spotted the 16th president’s shade.
Savoy has saidthat he was working on the second floor of the residence in the early 1980s when he happened upon a snazzily dressed Lincoln. Wearing a pinstripe suit, the president was sitting in a chair with his hands folded together and his legs crossed. Savoy blinked, and Lincoln was gone.
Getty Truman never saw Lincoln, but according to one story, he believed that phantom knocks on the door were caused by his predecessor. The rappings often happened when he was working on important speeches. Truman's daughter Margaret saidher father actually wished Lincoln and other deceased presidents would drop by. “I’m sure they’re here,” he told...
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30 de oct. de 2017 · La Primera Dama Grace Coolidge, el Primer Ministro Winston Churchill y la Reina Wilhelmina de los Países Bajos afirman haber visto el fantasma de Lincoln. En nuestra galería, otros fantasmas que presuntamente rondan la Casa Blanca.
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Sin embargo, la más común y popular es la de Abraham Lincoln. El fantasma de Lincoln , o para otros como el Fantasma de la Casa Blanca , se dice que ha merodeado la Casa Blanca desde su muerte. Se cree en general que cuando él era presidente, Lincoln quizás podría haber sabido de su asesinato antes de morir.
13 de jun. de 2023 · Winston Churchill Encounters Abraham Lincoln’s Ghost. One of the most fascinating and endearing tales of Lincoln’s ghost involves two of history’s most towering figures: the indomitable British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the venerable President Abraham Lincoln.
17 de oct. de 2019 · The Lingering Legend of Abraham Lincoln’s Ghost. Stories of a ghostly President Lincoln wandering the corridors and rooms of the White House have persisted for more than a century....
13 de ago. de 2021 · Late one night, another European guest of the Roosevelt's, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, heard a knock at her door. After answering the knock, she was dumbfounded to find the purported ghost of President Lincoln on the other side of the door. Elsewhere, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt used the Lincoln bedroom as a study and claimed to feel ...
