It's stuff like this that never ceases to fascinate me. These things impress upon us that so much of our history... isn't that long ago after all.
Luke Martin, Jr. passed away a few days ago in Raleigh (that's the capital of North Carolina for those who might not know that). Mr. Martin was 97.
He died 179 years after his father was born. His father, by the way, was a former slave who escaped to freedom and then fought in the Civil...
Showing posts with label abraham lincoln. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abraham lincoln. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Monday, November 05, 2012
1956 TV appearance by Samuel Seymour
Good friend "lowbridge" informed me about this a few years ago, so I've got to credit him with the find. It's a story that's gained renewed interest because of a certain upcoming movie.So who was Samuel Seymour? He was the last surviving witness of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.And Mr. Seymour lived long enough to talk about it on national television (sharing a stage with Lucille Ball, among others).From February 9 1956, here is...
Monday, March 01, 2010
Trailer for ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
You know him as Lincoln the Rail-Splitter, Lincoln the Lawyer, and Lincoln the President of the United States.Now, bestselling historical author Seth Grahame-Smith has uncovered the true story of Lincoln... the Vampire Slayer.Behold the trailer for the book!Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter should be in bookstores everywhere about now, and will almost certainly become required reading in history classrooms across the count...
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Bostic, North Carolina: Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln?
Found a curious item on the CharlotteObserver.com site about Bostic: a small town an hour's drive west of Charlotte here in North Carolina. Longstanding local folklore has it that Abraham Lincoln was born in a cabin atop what is now a tree-covered hill in this Rutherford County community, and not in Kentucky as the history books say. There is even the Bostic Lincoln Center: a small museum dedicated to the legend (which is not without its own supposed...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The South will writhe again: Perversely funny FALLOUT 3
What I would give to have a brain gifted enough to handle stuff like math and software coding (and I've tried folks, believe you me). 'Cuz then I could maybe work for a company like Bethesda Game Studios, who not only are very talented at making video games like Fallout 3, but also have a twisted sense of humor.So I've been working my Fallout 3 character through the Capital...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Some very neat photos of American history
HBO's John Adams miniseries has left me still feeling both floored and haunted. If only everything else on television could be so powerful...Ever since Sunday night when the finale ran, my interest in real American history (as opposed to the fake pageantry of, say, the current election cycle) has been stoked. Not that it ever went away or anything, but I guess that after...
