Which china incorporated a President’s favorite flower, which his wife wanted made the National flower?
First Lady Caroline Harrison chose this china which featured the U.S. Coat of Arms for the center of the plates, and to compliment it a corn and goldenrod motif etched in gold around a wide blue band. Sadly, Mrs. Harrison was never able to dine on the china as she passed away 2 months before it was delivered. Which china was the first to be made in America? Edith Wilson chose the china in 1918 which was manufactured by Lenox, Inc. in Trenton, New Jersey. Which first lady was a British subject and the daughter of a British army officer? Elizabeth Korthright Monroe’s father served with the British Army during the American Revolution. Lawrence Korthright was a captain in the army who remained loyal to the King. He was a wealthy Tory merchant who saw most of his fortune confiscated during the Revolution. Which first lady interviewed her future husband for a newspaper before he became president? Jacqueline Bouvier was an inquiring “camera girl” for the Washington Times Herald shortly after
