Election cakes were so popular in Hartford, Connecticut, in the 1800s that they were dubbed 'Hartford Election Cakes.' The first known published recipe appears in Amelia Simmons’ 1796 “American Cookery” book.
François Brunelle has spent nearly 25 years locating pairs of these identical strangers and inviting them into his studios where he captures their similarities on film.
The Canadian singer — an only child born on the prairies — reinvented herself repeatedly, famously singing “I’m on a lonely road, and I am traveling, traveling, traveling, looking for something, what can it be?”
The project included descendants, University of Virginia graduate students, historians, Rockbridge County high schoolers and a 5-year-old who dug up artifacts on her family’s property.
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s late husband Dick Goodwin was a speechwriter for former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.