January 19, 2007


I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
Henry David Thoreau



There's no whisker
It won't soften
Shave 'em close
And not
So often
Burma Shave
1942



What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.
Jerome K. Jerome





ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  • April 14, 1865 - Lincoln and his wife Mary see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. About 10:13 p.m., during the third act of the play, John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head. Doctors attend to the president in the theater then move him to a house across the street. He never regains consciousness.
  • April 15, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning.
  • The house in which President Lincoln died Ford's Theater draped in black with guards posted - 1865
    The president's box at Ford's Theater - 1865 Funeral Procession on Pennsylvania Ave. - April 19, 1865
  • April 26, 1865 - John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia.
  • May 4, 1865 - Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois.

    A victory parade is held in Washington along Pennsylvania Ave. to help boost the Nation's morale - May 23-24, 1865.
  • Dec 6, 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished
  • THE HISTORY PLACE


    America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.
    Nelson Rockefeller



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    John F Kennedy Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic president.
    John F Kennedy1960-1963



    Name the word of three syllables, that when you take away five letters a male will remain. If you take away four letters, a female will remain. If you take away three lettters, a great man will appear. The entire word shows you what Joan of Arc was.



    Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
    Scottish Proverb


    Lovers, Travellers, and Poets, will give money to be heard
    1736


    Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
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