April 6 was the birthday of stage and screen actress Victory Bateman (1865-1926). She was named after the triumph of the Grand Army of the Republic over the Confederacy; Lee's surrender was three days after her birth. This association would be somewhat adulterated in her young adulthood; her first husband was Wilfred Clarke, nephew of […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:54AM on April 6, 2024