Historians uncover 18th-century bottles with mysterious liquid at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon
Archaeologists recently discovered two glass bottles filled with a mysterious liquid at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. Archaeologist Nick Beard, who discovered the bottle, told FOX 5 DC that he was digging in the mansion’s basement as part of a revitalization project. Beard found the top of the bottle, then the whole bottle, […]
Presidential depression and Abraham Lincoln’s struggle with ‘melancholy’: What historians know
Although he is perhaps best known for his honesty, a lesser known fact about Abraham Lincoln is that 16th president The American struggled with severe depression throughout his life. Dr. Chris Tuell, a clinical psychologist and chemical and behavioral addiction expert at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, has studied Lincoln’s mental health struggles […]