His name is peter dixon. He represents the military order of the loyal legion of the United States. Which is responsible each year for the laying of reefs at the lincoln memorial. The Lincoln Group of d. C. Has been very proud to be one of the Many Organizations that pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln and we had that opportunity courtesy of the organizing efforts of peter dixon. [applause] our speaker tonight is Catherine Canavan author of lincolns final hours. In two what it was like to be in washington that terrible night. April 14, 1865. Theatereer at fords and ive had the opportunity to visit with the thousands of americans who come to fords theater. Buy isthe things you can her book. It is a pleasure to welcome her to talk to us this evening. Thanks to all of you. It is an honor to be here. Who is lincolns archives digital project has made so many records available to so many researchers who arent fortunate enough to live near the archives. Thousands of people witnessed what went on
Background, the context is the theater. This was an act that occurred in a theater, by an actor, with other actors standing by. And i wanted to look at it through the eyes of those people. And when i was working on the president s book and i was working on the lincoln chapters, i kept coming across this iconic playbill for our american cousin. I looked at it and i kept thinking, these are real people most of whose names have been lost. I mean, if you asked people on the street who the people were involved with the lincoln assassination, certainly people know lincoln, they know booth, maybe 1 in 10,000 would know laura keene. But almost no one would know the names john dyott, harry hawk, billy withers. These were major names in the events of that night. So i started looking even closer to get a sense of, who were these people . I began to find in some cases their names were spelled wrong or the names were a misrepresentation. In some cases its really difficult tracking down actors, beca
Back and forth several times before he actually went up to the box upstairs. So i wanted the readers to feel like, what must they have gone through. Imagine for a moment that the president of the United States has been assassinated in your workplace by one of your most admired, respected colleagues. Fearing for your own safety and the fear of being thought complicit. Reelecting in panic that could be construed as hostile to the president. As well as the times you could be seen socializing with the suspect. The more i start theres a saloon on the south side of fords theater. The star saloon. Theres a saloon next door on the north side, the green back saloon. There were a lot of trips to those saloons that day. Near as i can figure booth alone made seven or eight trips over there in the afternoon or evening which gives you some feeling about working up his courage for what he did. From that moment on, your world would never be the same. You would be intear gated, perhaps imprisoned. You
I come up with the devious plans around here. Of course, youre so right. This hot dog man is so slow. Ive got it if its record breaking tips she wants, its record breaking tips shell get. Fake tips. Dear jessica my name is frank. And im trying to break the record for the most hot dogs sold in a single day. Ive got my first tip. The hot dog man frank is preparing to break the record for the most hot dogs sold in one day. The record right now is 275. So frank, tell me, how many hot dogs have you sold so far . Including this one for you . Two. But this will be my masterpiece. Oh, come on its impossible to break the record at that speed. Record . I dont know anything about a record. Of course you do. You posted a message on my website. I dont have time for posts, i only have time for hot dog art. Thats it, i cant work with this relish. Ugh francine haha, i win again. I rock at checkers. Congratulations to you little metal thing for breaking the record for most checker games won by a robot.
Greenfield Recorder - The story behind the New Salem Museum recorder.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from recorder.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.