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appalachiablue

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11. Sounds like a very intriguing story, it rings a bell, thanks for the

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 08:30 PM

Sep 2021

suggestion. Many interesting and strange things happened related to that tragedy including Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son encountering Booth's older brother, Edwin twice- once on a train trip when young Robt. was travelling from college to Washington, almost fell from the platform in N.J. and Edwin Booth rescued him. They met again later in life but I can't recall the occasion.

https://www.historynet.com/edwin-booth-saved-robert-todd-lincolns-life-2.htm

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I Saw John Wilkes Booth Shoot Abraham Lincoln. [View all] Tomconroy Sep 2021 OP

Lincoln's assassination thucythucy Sep 2021 #1

It's not certain that RFK would have gotten the nomination in 1968. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #2

I lived through it and think it would have been tough for Bobby to win. Tomconroy Sep 2021 #3

I was around then also. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #8

It's impossible to know now, of course. thucythucy Sep 2021 #4

Bobby and Hubert were friends. Either might have accepted the VP Tomconroy Sep 2021 #5

So much of history that now seems inevitable thucythucy Sep 2021 #7

The likelihood of RFK actually getting the nomination was pretty slim. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #9

I've seen this great eye witness testimony, and recommend appalachiablue Sep 2021 #6

Perhaps 25 years ago, on a trip to DC, I went to Ford's theater. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #10

Sounds like a very intriguing story, it rings a bell, thanks for the appalachiablue Sep 2021 #11