Tag: Abraham Lincoln
269: SHOCK ME – A DAY OF RECKONING AT MOUNT RUSHMORE LEFT ME PARALYZED WITH GRIEF
Monday, September 18, 2023, was a very special day for my photographer and his wife. When Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am, the first thing my companions did was wish their twin grandsons, Bo and Rory, a happy ninth birthday. The…
258: A BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN DAVENPORT WITH BARACK, BUSH, AND THE BOY ON A BRIDGE
When Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Friday September 8, 2023, I knew it was a lot later than my photographer’s original plan of a 3am wakeup call had we not left home a day earlier. Tom and his wife,…
256: CELEBRATING MY BIG ONE-OH AT SPIEGEL GROVE WITH TOM, BOB, RUD, AND LUCY
Flashback to 2013 when I spent my first moments at a Presidential site as my photographer, his wife Vicki, and I embarked on an eight-day trip that began at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio. While our visit to the home…
230: A TITANIC & HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL SANDWICH ON APRIL 13th
Today, April 13, 2023, is the 280th anniversary of the birth of our third President Thomas Jefferson, who was born at his father’s Shadwell Plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia in 1743. I, on the other hand, was born in China sometime…
210: LIFE OR DEATH? THE HARROWING TALE OF MY DELICATE SPRING REPLACEMENT SURGERY
The 12-day trip that I endured with my photographer and Bob Moldenhauer from May 9th to May 20, 2022 took a physical toll on me. While my right arm was nearly broken in two during the last couple hours of…
206: HEADLESS AFTER SPRING BREAK IN WASHINGTON
Our last full day in our nation’s capital began when Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Wednesday May 18, 2022. Even though we had been in Washington for five days up to that point, I knew my photographer had saved…
200: FROM THE STAGE TO MUDD – IN HOT PURSUIT OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH PART I
Let me start off by stating the obvious – I despise John Wilkes Booth, and what he did in 1865, with every resin fiber in my body. As a matter of fact, I can’t stand any pathetic, low-life, scum-bucket, maggot…
194: THE ESCAPE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH COMES TO LIFE ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Have you ever wondered what happened to John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865? Well, wonder no more. On May 15, 2022, my photographer, Bob Moldenhauer, and I spent the entire day following in…
192: I KISSED THE HISTORIC BRICKS IN INDY – BUT NOT AT THE BRICKYARD
It’s been three long months since I returned home from my Winter Dance Party trip to Wisconsin and I was itching to get back on the road again. During that time span, my photographer had organized a high-octane rigorous 12-day…