The East Bloomfield History Days happen Saturday and Sunday, August 9-10.
It's easy to understand our desire to preserve and protect items of historical significance. What's not so palatable is our odd inclination to view the morbid, like passersby who slow down to peek at a freak car accident, or people who collect serial killer cards.
This weekend, amongst a great many more savory events, the East Bloomfield Historical Society offers up a distastefully intriguing bit of yesteryear. The 36-starred wool flag used to mop up the blood from President Abraham Lincoln's fatal head shot at the Ford Theater will be on view Saturday and Sunday, August 9-10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., to ew and ah over. It's a sideshow bargain at $3.
Also on the menu, and in conjunction with the Holloway House's 200th anniversary, are dramatic reenactments, a Civil War monument rededication, a dinner, and Tea with Mrs. Lincoln. For tickets and the full schedule go to ebhs1838.org or call 657-7244.
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Liese Reeder said on Aug. 08, 2008 at 12:16pm
I seriously doubt whether the blood on the flag is that of Lincoln's. Having spent years reading about Lincoln's assassination I would be more likely to believe the blood is that of Maj. Henry Rathbone. Contemporary accounts of the assassination indicate that Lincoln's wound bled very little, whereas Maj. Rathbone suffered a severe knife wound trying to stop Booth from escaping. In fact Dr. Leale who was the first to reach Lincoln told how he had to clear several clots from the wound. Please do your research before claiming something that probably isn't fact. There are several good assassination books out there.
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