2020-01-06 Mon

Margaret Taylor was the wife of Zachary Taylor; the 12th President of the United States of America and the First lady of the United States of America from 1849 to 1850.

Zachary Taylor had served his county the United States of America first as Army officer for almost four decades; he had also played a vital role in Commanding troops in the war of 1812; Black Hawk War (1832) and Second Seminole War (1835-1842). Later he became a full-fledged war hero through his service in the Mexican War, which broke out in 1846 after the U.S annexation of Texas. Zachary Taylor has served nearly around 16th month in his Presidential office; After attending a long ceremony at Washington Monument on scorching on 4th July 1950 he fell ill and died after five days; he was a second President to die in the office.

The United States of America had issued this commemorative coin with the theme of Margaret Taylor in the year 2009.

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