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Snippet: Beatrice’s Egyptian Awakening
While visiting the Divine Egypt exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, the author reflects on Beatrice Ayer’s transformation during her family’s trip to Egypt in the early 1900s. Inspired by adventure and Egyptology, she carried home a mummified toe and a fascination for diverse cultures, while also witnessing the peculiar dynamics at Theodore M. Davis’s Newport…
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Patton Homestead: A Family, A Farm, A Legacy
The story of the Patton Homestead is closely tied to the women who had a significant impact on it. Beatrice Ayer Patton and her daughter-in-law, Joanne Holbrook Patton, each brought their own unique vision to Green Meadows. Beatrice offered stability to the family during challenging times of war and loss, while Joanne transformed the land…
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Five Generations of George Pattons
It can be quite confusing for a biographer having to deal with families naming their children after their ancestors. The detective work involved in figuring out what Frederick, Helen, or Willard—in the case of the Ayers, Herrs, and Holbrooks, respectively—is referred to in correspondence and official documents is enough to turn one’s hair gray. At…
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Rescue of the Lipizzaners: General Patton’s Legacy
Since its founding in 1883, the National Horse Show had been the highlight of New York’s fall social season. The event drew the cream of American society, who attended the eight-day international jumping event dressed in tuxedos and evening gowns. During the 1930s, Beatrice and her daughters often occupied one of Madison Square Garden’s seventy-five…
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Mmes. Eisenhower, Patton, & Marshall: Women Behind the Generals
During WWII, Mamie Eisenhower, Katherine Marshall, and Beatrice Patton supported their husbands’ careers and the war effort. They navigated social obligations, maintained dignity, and supported the home front. Their resilience and determination were evident as they grappled with personal challenges and actively contributed to the war through volunteer work.
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Snippet: The Enduring Friendship between the Conners and the Pattons
Fox Conner and his wife Virginia encountered George S. Patton Jr. on a train in 1913, marking the beginning of a lifelong friendship.
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