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Are You Offended By This?

by Kevin Levin on March 11, 2012 · 16 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Culture

Update: The bobbleheads have been removed from the shelves at the Gettysburg Visitor Center. “I don’t think it’s right to sell a memorial of him, he assassinated President Lincoln,” said Patrick Nee, a 17-year-old who attends the Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del. “Maybe there’s a place for these, but not here in Gettysburg,” said their [...]

Family Fun With Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth

by Kevin Levin on February 25, 2009 · 18 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Culture, Memory

[Hat-Tip to Steve West] How would you like to attend a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. On March 7 the Sovereign Majestic Theater in Pottsville, Pennsylvania will be transformed into Ford’s Theater. Booth will be played by Charles Sacavage, a retired Pottsville Area School District history teacher who now teaches history part-time at Alvernia University, [...]