Over the past two-plus weeks, my photographer has published four more YouTube videos from his two shows – Jefferson’s Salute to the Presidents, and The Spirits of Independence. The first show, which features the life of our 21st President Chester…
Tag: Fords Theater
366: THE ESCAPE AND MAN-HUNT FOR LINCOLN ASSASSIN JOHN WILKES BOOTH
After actor John Wilkes Booth pulled the trigger on his derringer and assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, he fled Ford’s Theater and was on the run for twelve days. Have you ever wondered where Booth went, who…
365: THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS CELEBRATED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Although Thomas Jefferson is Tom’s and my favorite President, it’s hard to argue that Abraham Lincoln was America’s greatest President. After all, Lincoln devoted his life to keep our country united during the Civil War and he died in that…
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…
184: IS JEFFERSON ON THE PATH TO HALL OF FAME INDUCTION?
On Friday February 4, 2022, I had the opportunity to visit the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My photographer mentioned to the H.O.F. staff worker on duty that I’m the most famous bobble head in the world…
142: IN THE FATUOUS FOOTSTEPS OF FORTY-FIVE
For some strange reason, my photographer didn’t set his alarm clock for the morning of Friday May 21, 2021. And because of that, Tom got an extra nine minutes of sleep before we headed out on our final day in…
102: ENTOMBED, YET ALIVE, IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL
When the alarm clock went off at exactly 6:00am on Thursday May 16, 2019, my first thought of the new day was I was happy to be alive. Although my head was still kinked slightly to the right and both…
101: DISASTER STRIKES AT MOUNT VERNON
During our six-block walk to Ford’s Theater on the afternoon of May 15, 2019, I had plenty of time to think about my experience inside the White House. For the past six years, I’ve stood in the footsteps of all…
35: THE BLOOD-STAINED SEATS OF HISTORY
Less than a month after my trip to Grand Rapids, I was back in my case and we were headed for Dearborn, Michigan. I had to admit, even though 26 days had passed, my resin-rump was still a tad chapped…
28: THAT FATEFUL NIGHT AT FORD’S
Two things went through my mind when the alarm clock went off at 6:00am on Sunday July 20, 2014: First, it was the 45th anniversary of Neil Armstrong taking his historic first steps on the surface of the Moon. Second,…