Comments on: Churchill’s Ersatz Meeting with Lincoln’s Ghost

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 05:20:13 +0000

Well...so where did the story of Churchill meeting Mr. Lincoln come from? Did Churchill ever tell the tale...or claim it was true? - Good question! Who knows? People invent these tales (and fake quotes), then attach Churchill to them to make them more impressive. There are many stories of Lincoln's ghost in White House lore. So once WSC visited the White House, it was a natural. Unlike the Alexander Fleming canard, however, we have no specific facts that refute the story. So we are stuck with it. And no, I found no mention of WSC saying he met Lincoln's ghost among his 80 million published words and words about him. —RML

By: Richard Munro

Richard Munro — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:07:04 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful facts. Of course, and as noted the "Lincoln Bedroom" was not a bedroom in Lincoln's day, when the White House was known as the Executive Mansion. Anyway I love reading about Churchill and his dreams and ghosts. I myself have never seen a ghost while awake, though I have felt things and seen signs. My parents have visited me and spoken with me in my dreams. These are very vivid dreams and I always awake to remember them. They are recurring not every night of course but several times a year. - I'd give a lot for dreams like those. —RML

By: Sir Kevin Parr Bt

Sir Kevin Parr Bt — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:38:08 +0000

If Churchill ever said he met Lincoln's ghost I have no doubt that he did meet it. His meeting with his dead father's ghost is also most likely not a dream. I saw my own father twelve years after his death and some 4000 miles from home, when he stood before me in, the suit and tie he often wore, and smiled at me building a house in Europe. It was around 6pm in summer. For almost five minutes his ghost stood there. I asked if God really existed I now know that He is our Maker and loves us all. I tell you this as a need to know that we are all of us spirits.

By: Richard Langworth

Richard Langworth — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 22:13:40 +0000

In reply to InkyGuy. Thanks for the correction, duly made. According to the White House it was his study.

By: InkyGuy

InkyGuy — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:12:13 +0000

"And the Lincoln Bedroom didn’t get its official name until 1961. Before then it was the “Blue Suite,” although of course everyone knew it had been Lincoln’s." In fact, it was never Lincoln's bedroom; it was an office during Lincoln's administration. It was dubbed the Lincoln Bedroom because the room is furnished with Lincoln's bed, which I believe was installed by Jacqueline Kennedy when she refurbished the White House.