Authorities arrested a man allegedly attempting to set fire to the childhood home of former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
According to Fox 56, police arrested 29-year-old Santosh Sharma while pouring gasoline on the back of the Mary Todd Lincoln House in downtown Lexington, KY. Police say he had a lighter in his hand and more gasoline in his backpack.Â
The report noted that Sharma waved a hammer at the officer when confronted but the incident did not escalate.
The citation indicated that the presence of the hammer put fear in the officer of potential physical harm.
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According to the National Park Service, the Mary Todd Lincoln House was built between 1803 and 1806. The wife of the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd lived in the home between 1832 and 1839, when she subsequently moved to Springfield, Illinois, and met her husband three years later.Â
“In the Todds' day, the property contained separate outbuildings, including an outdoor kitchen with slave quarters, wash house, smoke house, and stables with a carriage house,” the description of the home of the Mary Todd Lincoln House website says. “Unfortunately, no evidence of the outbuildings remains. The Todds also had a large garden, now partially restored.”
The first lady's family lived there until 1849, when Robert Todd, Mary Todd's father, died. The home is the first house museum to honor a first lady and was visited by Abraham Lincoln in 1847.
“Today, the home is used to tell the remarkable story of Mary Todd Lincoln to thousands of visitors from around the world, featuring family portraits and furnishings from the Todd and Lincoln families,” the website description says.
Sharma has been charged with second-degree arson, second-degree criminal trespassing, and menacing.
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Lock him up for many years! At least 10 or 15! We’re losing too much history to PC morons and progressives!
Another nutcase who doesn’t know history. Thank you news outlets for lies about America history. Your betrayal of America should get you shut down. CNN and fox news need shut up. Unamerican rags pushing communism on America. The hosts of these news outlets should hang their heads in shame for being stupid, uneducated and unamerican. With a name like that he’s not an American. Probably a illegal who should be charged with treason.