The Haunted White House Collection:
President Abraham Lincoln – The White House Ghost!
Handmade at The White House Gift Shop!
#1 in the Haunted White House Collection
In celebration of Halloween 2024, the White House Gift Shop proudly introduces the President Abraham Lincoln - The White House Ghost Coffee Mug, the first piece in the Haunted White House Collection. This beautifully eerie collectible captures the spectral image of Lincoln that has haunted the White House for generations.
Lincoln’s Ghost: A Haunting Legacy in the White House
Article and Story by Anthony Giannini
In the ghostly corridors of the White House, one spirit stands above the rest, a towering figure in life and death: President Abraham Lincoln. His spectral presence has become legend, whispered among presidents, dignitaries, and White House staff alike. The man who held the Union together during its bloodiest years is said to have never truly left the place where he spent his final days in office, as if the weight of his duty anchors him there for eternity.
Perhaps it’s fitting that Lincoln—known for his somber introspection and melancholy—would linger. His life was marked by personal tragedies and national crises, his presidency a crucible of sacrifice. It’s no wonder that Lincoln’s ghostly figure began to appear shortly after his death, as if keeping vigil over the home of America’s leadership during times of great turmoil.
It was First Lady Grace Coolidge who first claimed to have seen the tall, sorrowful figure of Lincoln. She described him standing silently at a window, gazing over the Potomac River, perhaps still surveying the ghosts of war that plagued his presidency.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands had a more startling encounter in 1942. Roused by a knock on her bedroom door, she opened it to find none other than the spectral figure of Lincoln standing before her. The queen promptly fainted, overwhelmed by the sudden appearance.
Even Winston Churchill, the unflappable British Prime Minister, had his brush with the eerie. Stepping out of a bath, Churchill came face to face with Lincoln’s ghost in his White House quarters. His dry wit saved the moment: "Good evening, Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage," he remarked before Lincoln’s apparition disappeared.
Then there was Eleanor Roosevelt, who never saw Lincoln’s ghost but felt his presence frequently as she worked late into the night in what had been Lincoln’s office. The sensation of being watched by the great emancipator seemed to resonate with her, especially as she toiled to guide the nation through World War II.
Harry Truman, too, had his share of ghostly knocks at the door while staying in the infamous Lincoln Bedroom.
But it is Lincoln’s own eerie premonition of his death that adds the most drama to his haunting legacy. Shortly after his election in 1860, Lincoln recounted seeing a double image of his face in a mirror—one vibrant, the other ghostly pale. His wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, believed it to be a sign that he would not survive his second term. And so it was: Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, a mere five days after the Union's victory in the Civil War.
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The Haunted White House Collection:
President Abraham Lincoln – The White House Ghost!
President Abraham Lincoln – The White House Ghost
#1 in the Haunted White House Collection
In celebration of Halloween 2024, the White House Gift Shop proudly introduces the President Abraham Lincoln - The White House Ghost Coffee Mug, the first piece in the Haunted White House Collection. This beautifully eerie collectible captures the spectral image of Lincoln that has haunted the White House for generations.
Product Features:
- 11 OZ premium ceramic mug, dishwasher safe, each design is molecularly sealed into the outside surface of the mug to make your artifact and collection piece permanent, dishwasher friendly, and safe for endless use by artisans at the White House Gift Shop in the USA!
- Unique Giannini art that brings Lincoln’s ghostly, shadowy, visage to life as he walks to greet you on The White House Lawn!
- Original art, design, and story by Anthony Giannini, CEO & Master Artist of the White House Gift Shop
- Made in the USA with the utmost craftsmanship
Celebrate the spooky season with this exclusive mug that tells the story of Lincoln’s ghostly watch over the nation he once saved. Order yours today from the White House Gift Shop, and who knows? As you sip your coffee on the morning of the Harvest Moon, you just might feel a strange, spectral presence nearby…
