>>1162639Rebecca was a raccoon kept as a pet by US president Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace Coolidge. Rebecca came from Mississippi. She had been sent to the White House to be slaughtered and cooked for the 1926 Thanksgiving dinner, but Coolidge decided to keep her as a pet instead. He fed her shrimp and persimmons, let her loose in the White House, and walked her on a leash outdoors. When the Coolidges took a vacation in the Black Hills, they brought Rebecca along in a basket, together with two of their dogs. The Coolidges eventually donated Rebecca to the Washington Zoo.
