John Wilkes Booth: Difference between revisions
Adding categories |
imported>Darth Kieduss the Wise No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:JohnWilkesBooth.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:JohnWilkesBooth.jpg|thumb]] | ||
{{Quote|That means n | {{Quote|That means n***** citizenship. Now by God I’ll put him through!|John Willkes Booth}} | ||
|John Willkes Booth}} | |||
'''John Wilkes | '''John Wilkes Booth''' (May 10, 1838 - April 26, 1865) was an actor and fanatic to the South who assassinated the 16th President of the United States [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln Abraham Lincoln]. He hated Abraham Lincoln who represented everything Booth was against. Booth blamed Lincoln for all the South's ills. He wanted revenge. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| Line 26: | Line 25: | ||
*Ironically, Lincoln was in the words of actor Frank Mourdant "an admirer of the man who assassinated him"; he watched Booth perform in numerous plays, including one called the Marble Heart at Ford’s Theatre on November 9, 1863. Lincoln enjoyed Booth’s performance so much he sent a note backstage inviting him to the White House so they could meet. Booth refused the invation. | *Ironically, Lincoln was in the words of actor Frank Mourdant "an admirer of the man who assassinated him"; he watched Booth perform in numerous plays, including one called the Marble Heart at Ford’s Theatre on November 9, 1863. Lincoln enjoyed Booth’s performance so much he sent a note backstage inviting him to the White House so they could meet. Booth refused the invation. | ||
*Some researchers have speculated that John Wilkes Booth had a double named James William Boyd died in Booth's place and that John Wilkes Booth committed suicide in 1903 in Enid, Oklahoma, under the alias "David E. George". | *Some researchers have speculated that John Wilkes Booth had a double named James William Boyd died in Booth's place and that John Wilkes Booth committed suicide in 1903 in Enid, Oklahoma, under the alias "David E. George". | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, John Wilkes}} | |||
[[Category:List]] | [[Category:List]] | ||
[[Category:Article stubs]] | [[Category:Article stubs]] | ||
[[Category:Male Villains]] | [[Category:Male Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Xenophobes]] | [[Category:Xenophobes]] | ||
[[Category:Seeker Of Vengeance]] | [[Category:Seeker Of Vengeance]] | ||