These are Actual Historical Facts,But Your Brain Doesn’t Want You to Believe Them

The Last Civil War Vet Widow and Barack Obama Have This in Common

Maudie Hopkins was the last widow of a civil war vet who died in 2008 at the age of 93. This was the same year that Barack Obama won the presidential election.

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Source: Varievo

Maudie Hopkins married Civil War veteran William M. Cantrell in 1934, back when she was only 19. She said that poverty drove her to marry the former soldier that was 86 at the time.

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