TIL the wife of John Quincy Adams traveled the dangerous trip across war-torn Europe in 1815 to reunite with John in the UK. When she died in 1852, congress adjourned for the funeral, the first time for a woman.
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Adams
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