Today. He has more projects on more back burners than i have ever seen. He won the award by the state council. Also a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. He has been very generous with his remaining time for this museum and our programs. As you see from the printed programs the topics of his work are varied with a focus on Abraham Lincoln and league and constitutional work as well. Because he lives on virginia and had some extra time on his hands one day, he wrote our little monitor, the greatest invention of the civil war. I asked him to speak on a topic that was not even on the printed program. A topic that draws from two other book manuscripts that he is issfinishing. Ladies and gentlemen, john white. Thank you, john, for that kind introduction. Im missing ballet to be here today, not mine, but my 3yearolds. A black teenager is living in the nations capital, and she is working as a servant for a local shoemaker. One night she went to the store and laid d
Buss. Since your last annual assembling, another year of health and bountiful harvest has passed. And while its not pleased the almight toy bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best light he gives us trusting in his own time and wise way all will yet be well. Thats from the archives of you portraying Abraham Lincoln. Whats the value of understanding history through reenactment . It reaches a population that may not pick up a book but they want to come and have an experience. Theyre not readers, they dont pick up the written word but they want the experience. How many years have you been portraying Abraham Lincoln . 33 this year. Started extremely small but i wish i could tell you there was a grand plan, and its certainly not mine. How did it get started . I was on the board of the illinois education association. We were going to have the National Convention in new orleans and one of the Board Members came up to this skinny, skinny man with a black beard a
The Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the front door. And then booth said, f
Home. And something is confident as ever. We are seeing signs that the electorate is ready to diverge, People Holding shares at hours long early voting lines. Voters getting a pizza delivered while waiting. Democrats say these long lines approve of voter suppression. A huge crowd in sanford, florida to hear the president speak on stage and off like a pep rally on game day. On capitol hill tomorrow the questioning phase for Supreme Court Justice Nominee covid19 kicks off. Ben sass is live tonight. Welcome to fox news at night. Kevin cork starts us off with the president s positive outlook after testing negative. Highenergy, high spirits entire prospects is how the Trump Campaign sees the president s standing with 3 weeks before the election but here is the question. Will it be enough to beat an opponent who continues to lead the polls, playing a bit of political presentation. Biden supporters are causing mayhem in the streets. If he wins there will be nothing but bedlam all over the pla
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