Did You Know…How They Loved Their Pets Edition

   U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson loved his Beagle so much, he gave him his own initials, naming him…

 Little Beagle Johnson.  Image may be NSFW.
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  Elizabeth Taylor never traveled without, Sugar, her Maltese Terrier. Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. Whenever visiting England, she’d always stay on a boat rather than at a hotel to avoid their strict quarantine laws.

  When Julia Child and her husband Paul moved to France in 1948, as they disembarked the ocean liner SS America in Le Havre, en route to Paris, they weren’t alone.

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Clik here to view.  Minette, their faithful cat never dreaming of leaving her behind, did too. Image may be NSFW.
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Clik here to view. The writer Mark Twain loved cats and had 19 at one time. In his autobiography he wrote of…

 cat parades and baskets of kittens in the hall with names like Buffalo Bill, Soapy Sal, Sour Mash and Tammany.  Image may be NSFW.
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Clik here to view. The actress, writer Carrie Fisher never went anywhere without her French Bulldog, Gary, who’d even sit on Image may be NSFW.
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   When Bobby Kennedy was Attorney General in his brother’s administration, he brought his Newfoundland, Brumus, to work everyday despite disapproval from some of his peers.  Image may be NSFW.
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  Years later, while campaigning for the 1968 Presidential Nomination, his loyal Cocker Spaniel, Freckles, never left his side.  Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. At his funeral, his kids wrapped a black armband around Freckles’s waist to honor his beloved master.

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   But here’s my favorite.

   When you visit Gettysburg National Park, along with reverent monuments to Generals George Meade, Robert E. Lee, Winfield Hancock, James Longstreet among others, you’ll come across one of Bull Terrier Sallie Ann Jarrett, Image may be NSFW.
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As you can see, people leave Sallie biscuits letting her know, they were there.  Image may be NSFW.
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