Wednesday, July 19
James A. Garfield was our president for 5 months. Before he was elected president, he fought in the Civil War. He was on Lincoln's side. His mother adored him, so much that she had a picture of him in every corner of her room so that when she woke up, she could see her beloved son. The first four years of his marriage were not the best. But it got better after that. He and his wife loved each other very much. They had 5 children. When he bought his house near Lake Erie, it was a small farmhouse. He doubled its size in his lifetime. His wife added a third floor and another section after he died.
A funny fact is that after his inauguration, he bent down and kissed his mother! When he was boarding a train, he was shot by a crazy man. He died 2 months later.
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