Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President 1861-1865, loved animals.
Fido, a yellow mutt of a dog, entered the Lincoln household in Springfield, VA, in 1855 and quickly became a family fixture. He learned mock circus tricks from Lincoln's sons, trailed along with Abe on market errands, and, to Mary Todd's horror, greeted guests with middy paw-to- hand shakes.
Fido was too big and rambunctious to join the Lincolns in the White House in 1861, but Abe
brought a veritable petting zoo of animals into the White House: rabbits, goats, ponies and a trio of kittens rescued from a Union Army prison camp.
Fido did join his new owners at the Springfield train station to hear Abe's farewell speech. And, when Abe's casket returned in May 1965, Fido was there, too, to greet his former master. Media coverage for the funeral turned Fido, at that time, into the most famous dog in America.
(Source: Reader's Digest Nov. 2015)
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This ad showed up on the bulletin board at the Queen of Angels Hospital:
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