May 14, 20179 yr Author #18 The gloves were worn by John Wilkes Booth. All Tell, you are most definitely on the right track.
May 14, 20179 yr All Tell, you are most definitely on the right track. The guy in the red rocking chair was wearing them.
May 14, 20179 yr Author Anyone know the significance of this fine automobile? I think I hitched a ride in this vehicle back in the seventies.
May 14, 20179 yr Author The guy in the red rocking chair was wearing them. On the evening of April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and their guests Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancée Clara Harris attended the production of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre. That evening, Lincoln was shot by the assassin John Wilkes Booth and would die the following morning. Among the personal items that Lincoln was carrying with him that evening was this pair of white kid-leather gloves that he kept in his front left coat pocket. After Mr. Lincoln was shot in the back of the head, some of the blood ran down his sleeve and pooled in the pocket where the gloves sat. The gloves are permanently stained with President Lincoln's blood. [ATTACH=CONFIG]61736[/ATTACH]
May 14, 20179 yr I think I hitched a ride in this vehicle back in the seventies. Better than riding in it in the mid 90's
May 14, 20179 yr Anyone know the significance of this fine automobile? I know this one because my grandfather had the LTD, the Ford version. May be the only way I remember it. I still wish something would have misfired before he could get in this vehicle.
May 14, 20179 yr Author I know this one because my grandfather had the LTD, the Ford version. May be the only way I remember it. I still wish something would have misfired before he could get in this vehicle. My pawpaw had the Ford LTD vesrsion of this car as well. My granny called it "Old Blue."
May 14, 20179 yr This one is really gonna test TB&G . Gotta dig deep on this one. #23 [ATTACH]61738[/ATTACH] Was this just before the beginning of WWI?
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