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Tag Archives: Edwin Booth
The Booths: Collateral Damage
The Booth Brothers While Junius Brutus Booth Sr., the patriarch of the illustrious acting family had long been dead, three of his sons reached genuine stardom in the days preceding the Lincoln assassination. Junius Brutus, Jr. (the eldest) was considerably … Continue reading
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John Wilkes Booth: Heartthrob and Assassin
In April 1865, John Wilkes Booth was 26 years old. JWB: The Solid Theatrical Pedigree In a day when theatrical personages were still looked on askance, the Booths of Maryland had a fine and well regarded pedigree. Junius Brutus Booth … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Assassin John Wilkes Booth, Booth conspirator Lewis Powell, Booth family of Shakespearean actors, Booth fiancee Lucy Hale, Charles Guiteau, Edwin Booth, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ford's Theater, Gavrilo Princip, General U.S. Grant, history, John Schenk, John Wilkes Booth, Junius Brutus Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lee surrenders at Appomattox, Leon Czolgosz, Lucy Lambert Hale, President Abraham Lincoln, The assassination of Lincoln, the hanging of John Brown, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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The Lincolns and the Actors
Everyone knows about Abraham Lincoln’s brief run-in with John Wilkes Booth, but other Lincolns had life and death incidents involving theater folks. Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth came from a well regarded family of dramatic actors. His … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American actor Edwin Booth, American history, Edwin Booth, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, French Actress Sarah Bernhardt, history, John Wilkes Booth, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential families, Robert Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Sarah Bernhardt, The Lincoln assassination, The Widow Lincoln, US history
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