On December 6, 1885, Miriam Hooper "Clover" Adams, clever, accomplished and rich, took a vial of potassium cyanide to her lips and quaffed it down. She was dead before the vial hit the floor. Rock Creek Parkway sculpture, commissioned by Henry Adams. Her bereft husband, Henry Adams, a historian and a son of history (his [...]
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:48AM on October 23, 2012