640 2nd Street in Brooklyn
home to both
Barack Obama and United Daughters of the Confederacy
In the 1980s Barack Obama lived at 640 2nd Street in Park Slope. The same location in 1921 local members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy praised the fine manners of the slave owners who also rebelled against the Union. Here is an article about this fancy gathering from the Brooklyn Eagle available through the Brooklyn Public Library:
