History Facts

John Wilkes Booth will forever be infamous for assassinating the man widely regarded as the greatest President in American history, but not all Lincoln-Booth relations were strained. A year or two before Honest Abe’s death, in fact, Edwin Booth — the older brother of John and a prominent actor — saved the life of Lincoln’s son Robert Todd Lincoln, who was then in his early 20s. (The precise date is unknown, but the event is believed to have taken place in either 1863 or 1864.)

The younger Lincoln found himself on a crowded train platform in Jersey City, New Jersey, and was accidentally pushed off the platform as a train departed. “In this situation the train began to move, and by the motion I was twisted off my feet, and had dropped somewhat, with feet downward, into the open space, and was personally helpless,” Robert Todd Lincoln later wrote of the event that put him in the path of the oncoming train. It was then that Booth grabbed him by the coat collar, saving him. Booth was well known enough as an actor for Lincoln to recognize his rescuer and even thank him by name. In April 1865, the day after his brother assassinated Lincoln, Edwin vowed never to return to the stage — a short-lived promise, as he gave an acclaimed performance in the title role of Hamlet the following year.

Theodore Roosevelt Witnessed Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Procession

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was one of the most shocking and profoundly impactful events in American history. While thousands of countrymen laid eyes on the fallen leader’s funeral procession, perhaps none proved to be more famous than Theodore Roosevelt. Just 6 years old at the time, young Roosevelt gazed down at Lincoln’s casket from the second story of his family’s home on Broadway in New York City. As the late President passed the Roosevelt mansion on April 25, 1865, a perfectly timed photograph captured the image of two young boys — Teddy and his brother Elliot — looking out from the window. Like Lincoln, Roosevelt was one of the most renowned Presidents in U.S. history, though their similarities didn’t end there. While on the campaign trail in 1912, Roosevelt was struck by the bullet of a would-be assassin, but he was miraculously saved when the projectile hit a folded speech that Teddy had tucked in his breast pocket.

Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

  As the world has gotten smaller due to the advancement of travel and communications everything has become more complicated. Technology has allowed the growth of industry and that has promoted great wealth. The unfortunate part of that is the wealth seems always to be in the hands of a very few, and most of them seem to be corrupted by the wealth they acquired.

  This wealth has brought about the same world that existed before in as much as those holding the wealth run the program. These individuals are buying all the resources that govern nations. Politicians are told how to vote, judges are told who to prosecute and who not to. It is not just rich people from our country, we have Russians and who knows who else is on the push the button and make the puppet jump practice.

  There are lots of foreign influences in our politics and most of them are not there to help us as a nation. The way world markets are set up the foreign influence started with money invested and then the purchasing of power either legally or otherwise. The influence and the influencer’s are focused on self gain and little else. They seek more power and more benefits for themselves and if that costs the rest of us it is of little interest to those in high places.

  When that horn blows because there is a higher being that has seen enough of mankind or if it is the last polluted breath earth can stand to take before catastrophe strikes we may never know, but one thing is for certain, at that moment whether your residence is in the penthouse or the dumpster in the alley it will make no difference. The denial of global warming and the habit of polluting for the sake of profit is only bringing that conclusion more quickly.

  If we are to continue to prosper and populate the stars as a species we need to come together and put our resources into advancement of stepping off this planet and into the next solar system before this one burns out. It is impossible to imagine that we as a species will save ourselves from the normal destruction of our sun burning out when we cannot even get past accepting the differences we have based on religion, belief and or skin color. Questing offers the chance to study and make changes if needed be it in science or religion or whatever, bigotry and prejudice are of no value at all.

  This may have made no sense to anyone but the writer, so thank you for taking the time to read it.

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