11:  In 1864 Slavery was abolished in Maryland.  At this time Maryland remained in the Union and many confederate
     soldiers were recruited in the state, which was held in line by Unionist sympathizers.  Then in 1864 the
     Maryland Constitution was revised and slavery was abolished.  Submitted by Robin Duncan, student, University of
     North Carolina at Pembroke
     12:  In 1901 United States President Theodore Roosevelt renamed the executive mansion, which was
     painted white to cover the dirty look of the stone.   It was first referred to as the white house by Congressman
     Abijiah Bigelow in a letter wrote to a colleague on March 18, 1812.  Then it was called the white house by other
    people.  Theodore Roosevelt made it official by renaming it in September 1901. Submitted by Robin Duncan, student,
    University of North Carolina at Pembroke
    13: In 1792 President Washington laid the cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House).  James Hoban
    designed the White House, which was a virtual copy of a building sketch in James Gibbs's Book of Architecture.
    Washington never lived in the Executive Mansion, but John Adams did move into the house in 1800.  The house was
    burned to the ground during the war of 1812, but was soon rebuilt.  By the early 1940's, the beams were rotting,  the
    plaster was crumbling, and the house was declared unsafe.  There was talk of scrapping it, but after three years of
    renovations, President Harry S, Truman celebrated it's reopening.  Submitted by Robin Duncan, student, University
     of North Carolina at Pembroke
    14:  In 1884 photographic film was patented by George Eastman.  Eastman was an US entrepreneur who started
     Kodak and Brownie, two well known camera companies.  Later, Eastman became famous for his slogan, "You press
     the button - we do the rest".  Submitted by Robin Duncan, student, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
     15:  In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was advised by Grace Bell, an 11 year old girl, to grow a beard.  Grace wrote a
     a letter to Lincoln, explain that women like whiskers and would tease their husband to vote for him if he would grow his
     whiskers out.  She also told wrote that she had four brothers and some of them were going to vote for him in the upcoming
     election, but if he would grow out his whiskers, she would try to get the others to vote for him.  Mr. Lincoln did write her
     back telling her that he was concerned that people would think it was silly of him to grow whiskers now because he had
     never worn them before.  The rest is history.  Submitted by Robin Duncan, student, University of North Carolina at
     Pembroke