nagarjuna: reincarnation

Lincoln married while in his THIRTIES to a TWENTY-FOUR-year old DARK-HAIRED woman; who had been previously engaged to someone else; who came from a socially PROMINENT FAMILY; who was fluent in the FRENCH language; and was known for her exquisite taste and fashion sense - Mary Todd.

Lincoln had two sons named EDWARD and ROBERT. EDWARD DIED and ROBERT LIVED on.

Lincoln had FOUR CHILDREN, TWO of whom died before becoming a teen.

Lincoln had a CHILD who rode a PONIES on the WHITE HOUSE LAWN.

Lincoln allowed HIS CHILDREN to run and play in the OVAL OFFICE.

Lincoln LOST a very-close SISTER before becoming President.

Lincoln LOST A SON, Willie, in '62 while in the White House.

Lincoln had a son who married MARY EUNICE Harlan.

Lincoln's grandson Abraham was known as “JACK”. It was claimed that Jack was much like President Lincoln.

Lincoln's son Robert was buried in ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY next to his son Abraham.

Lincoln's SON (Tad) was buried on JULY 16, 1871. Mary Todd Lincoln also died on JULY 16 but in the year 1882.

Of all Lincoln's CHILDREN, only one SURVIVED past the AGE 40 - Robert Todd Lincoln.

In '61, Lincoln's WIFE tastefully and expensively RE-DECORATED the WHITE HOUSE after many years of neglect.

Lincoln's wife was CRITICIZED by her husband for her MONEY-SPENDING HABITS.

Lincoln's WIFE died around the age of SIXTY-FOUR - exactly 63 years and 215 days.

Kennedy was married while in his THIRTIES to a TWENTY-FOUR-year old DARK-HAIRED woman; who had been previously engaged to someone else; who came from a socially PROMINENT FAMILY; who was fluent in the FRENCH language; and was known for her exquisite taste and fashion sense - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

Kennedy had two brothers named EDWARD and ROBERT. ROBERT DIED and EDWARD LIVED on.

Kennedy had FOUR CHILDREN, TWO of whom died before becoming a teen.

Kennedy had a CHILD who rode a PONY on the WHITE HOUSE LAWN.

Kennedy allowed HIS CHILDREN to run and play in the OVAL OFFICE.

Kennedy LOST a very-close SISTER before becoming President.

Kennedy LOST A SON, Patrick, in '63 while in the White House.

Kennedy had a sister named EUNICE MARY Kennedy.

Lincoln was the FRIEND of an ILLINOIS DEMOCRAT named ADLAI E. STEVENSON who became the Vice-President under Grover Cleveland.

In July 1864, LINCOLN visited Fort Stevens and was shown around by the general's aide, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. As Holmes pointed out the enemy lines in the distance, Lincoln, wearing his customary stovepipe hat, stood up for a better view - prompting a salvo of musket fire from the enemy trenches. "Get down, you fool!" Holmes shouted, hauling the president under cover. A moment later, having come to his senses, he began to worry that disciplinary action would be taken against him. Lincoln said nothing, however, until he was preparing to leave the fort. "Goodbye, Captain Holmes," he then declared. "I'm glad to see you know how to talk to a civilian."

AN INTERESTING NOTE: One of the Confederate commanders at Fort Stevens was Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge who was a former U.S. vice president and one of Lincoln's opponents in the presidential election of 1860. This battle at Fort Stevens marks the only occasion in American history when two former opponents in a presidential election faced one another across battle lines and the only time in American history a sitting president was under fire in combat. Maj. Gen. Breckinridge was also a cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln and a beau in her youth. During the Battle of Atlanta, Union officer W.C.P. Breckinridge captured Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, his own brother.

CHARLES TAFT was one of the attending physicians on the night of the assassination. His younger siblings (Horatio, Halsey, and Julia) were constant playmates with Lincoln's children and frequent White House guests. Dr. Taft removed a lock of Lincoln's hair and placed it in a ring which eventually came into the possession of President Theodore Roosevelt. He wore the ring in 1905 when he was sworn in as President.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: A young Teddy Roosevelt witnessed Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession when it came through New York. Roosevelt considered Lincoln to be the savior of the Union and the greatest Republican President. Roosevelt considered himself to be Lincoln's political heir. To commemorate Lincoln’s 100th birthday in 1909, Roosevelt ordered that the likeness of President Lincoln grace a new coin, the new Lincoln cent, replacing the Indian Head cent. Presidents Roosevelt and Lincoln are two of four U.S. Presidents whose image graces Mount Rushmore.

Lincoln was CLOSELY ASSOCIATED with one of America's greatest POETS - WALT WHITMAN - who was also considered to be the unofficial "POET of the NATION." Walt Whitman wrote several poems in praise of Lincoln including a poem about LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION entitled "O Captain! My Captain!"

Lincoln had a FRIEND and ADVISOR named WILLIAM GRAHAM, an Illinois schoolteacher.

Lincoln was RELATED to the AMBASSADOR to the COURT of ST. JAMES (Great Britain) - Robert Todd Lincoln.

Lincoln was RELATED to a DEMOCRATIC U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL (Levi Lincoln, Sr.) who graduated from HARVARD University.

Lincoln was related to a U.S. SENATOR. Lincoln's cousin was Senator Isaac Barnard of Pennsylvania.

New York Police Superintendent, JOHN A. KENNEDY, played a role in LINCOLN's protection during his 1861 inaugural train trip and also in the investigation immediately following LINCOLN's assassination.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Lincoln's Secretary of State telegraphed John A. Kennedy roughly three hours after Lincoln was shot.

SECRETARY OF STATE, William H. Seward, served the Lincoln-JOHNSON Administration from '61 THROUGH '69.

The first name of Lincoln's private secretary was named JOHN.

Kennedy was the FRIEND of an ILLINOIS DEMOCRAT named ADLAI E. STEVENSON who would twice run for the U.S. presidency in 1952 and 1956.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Stevenson's maternal great grandfather, Jesse Fell, served as Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager in his 1858 race for the U.S. Senate.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Following his loss to Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election, Stevenson quoted Lincoln when asked how he felt: "Like the boy who stubbed his toe. I am too big to cry and too badly hurt to laugh."

At President KENNEDY's 1961 Inaugural address, Kennedy spoke these famous words: "And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." Many people would be surprised to learn that this phrase did not originate with Kennedy. The phrase originated with OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. in a Memorial Day address to the Grand Army of the Republic on May 30, 1884: "It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return."
AN INTERESTING NOTE: Both Holmes and Kennedy were former residents of Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts - a neighborhood covering approximately one square mile. Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth's brother, is also a former resident.

Kennedy had a business relationship with CHARLES TAFT who was the President of the Committee for a National Trade Policy and the son of President William Taft. In 1957, a Senate committee chaired by John Kennedy named CHARLES TAFT's brother, Robert Taft, as one of the five greatest senators in American history.

Kennedy was CLOSELY ASSOCIATED with one of America's greatest POETS - ROBERT FROST - who was "The NATION'S POET LAUREATE." Robert Frost wrote a new poem entitled "Dedication" for delivery at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961, but never read it, because the sun's glare upon the snow blinded Frost from seeing the text. Instead, he recited "The Gift Outright" from memory.

Kennedy had a FRIEND and SPIRITUAL ADVISOR named WILLIAM "Billy" GRAHAM, the evangelist.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Billy Graham told newsmen of a strong PREMONITION that Kennedy not go to Dallas. Graham attempted to contact Kennedy by phone before he left for Dallas but couldn't reach him.

Kennedy was RELATED to the AMBASSADOR to the COURT of ST. JAMES (Great Britain) - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.

Kennedy was RELATED to a DEMOCRATIC U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL (Robert Kennedy) who graduated from HARVARD University.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: When President Kennedy appointed his brother Robert to serve as America's new attorney general in 1961, charges of nepotism naturally abounded. "I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience," Kennedy retorted, "before he goes out to practice law."

Kennedy was related to a U.S. SENATOR. Kennedy's brother was Senator Robert Kennedy of New York. Brother Edward Kennedy is a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.

Kennedy had a secretary was named Evelyn LINCOLN whose husband was named "ABE" LINCOLN.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Abraham Lincoln hated being called "Abe" - his friends called him "Lincoln."

SECRETARY OF STATE, Dean Rusk, served the Kennedy-JOHNSON Administration from '61 THROUGH '69.

The last name of Kennedy's private secretary was LINCOLN.

Lincoln was CLOSELY ASSOCIATED with one of the most IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS FIGURES in U.S. history - FREDERICK DOUGLASS. In '63, Douglass conferred with President LINCOLN on the treatment of black soldiers, and with President JOHNSON on the subject of black suffrage. Concerning Lincoln, Douglass said of him, "In all my interviews .... I was impressed by his entire freedom from popular prejudice against the colored race." In 1872, Douglass became the first African-American nominated as a Vice Presidential candidate. Douglass ran on the Equal Rights Party ticket with Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for U.S. President.

Frederick Douglass was one of the two most PROMINENT BLACK LEADERS in American history. Douglass had an impact on some very important people such as President LINCOLN. In his day, Douglass lead the fight for BLACK RIGHTS. The civil rights issue of the Douglass era was the ABOLITION of SLAVERY.

Frederick Douglass warned that racial problems would plague America "until the American people shall make CHARACTER and NOT COLOR, the criterion of respectability.'' Douglass was a strong advocate that "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL." Douglass's ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT led to many conflicts - eventually to Civil War. Douglass was NOT AFRAID of being lynched, punished by jail, or even death.

During the DOUGLASS ERA, slaves in the South were not permitted to have an EDUCATION. From youth, Douglass yearned for knowledge and knew that education was the KEY TO FREEDOM. Douglass was fortunate enough to receive an education even though he was a slave in the South.

Douglass was known for his great ORATION SKILLS and FAMOUS SPEECHES like his "What to the Slave is your Fourth of July?" speech. Douglass used metaphors such as "the PROMISED LAND" and "EDEN". For example, Douglass wrote how slaves were literally shut out of the master's garden, a metaphoric "Eden," by a perverse chief gardener. Douglass CRITICIZED THE CHRISTIANITY of southern Christians who endorsed slavery and all its attendant violence and injustice.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Lincoln who emancipated enslaved African Americans.

Kennedy was CLOSELY ASSOCIATED with one of the most IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS FIGURES in U.S. history - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. In '63, King met with President KENNEDY at the White House to discuss the current civil rights legislation. In '64, King attended the White House ceremony of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President JOHNSON.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the two most PROMINENT BLACK LEADERS in American history. King had an impact on some very important people such as President KENNEDY. In his day, King lead the fight for BLACK RIGHTS. The civil rights issues of the King era was the ABOLITION of SEGREGATION and DISCRIMINATION.

Martin Luther King Jr. stressed the importance of judging people NOT BY THE COLOR of their skin, but by the "content of their CHARACTER." King was a strong advocate that "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL." King's CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT led to widespread demonstrations, riots, and violence. King was NOT AFRAID to be punished by jail, PERSECUTION, or even death.

During the KING ERA, blacks in the South were not permitted to have an integrated EDUCATION. From youth, King yearned for knowledge and knew that education was the KEY TO FREEDOM. King was fortunate enough to attend a college in the North. It was the first time he ever attended an integrated school.

King was known for his great ORATION SKILLS and FAMOUS SPEECHES like his “I have a Dream” speech. King used metaphors such as "the PROMISED LAND" and "EDEN". For example, King proclaimed, "I've been to the mountaintop and I've seen the promised land." King CRITICIZED THE CHRISTIANITY of churches that endorsed racism. King asked, "What kind of people worship in these churches?"

In 1963, the NAACP organized a March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic speech in front of the LINCOLN MEMORIAL. This event was widely credited for encouraging President Kennedy to initiate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Lincoln was ASSASSINATED while serving as PRESIDENT. Read about Lincoln's last day alive.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: President Lincoln was shot at twice before John Wilkes Booth killed him. Both times were while he was on his way to the Soldier's Home and Lincoln joked about them and ordered that they not be publicized.

Lincoln's SECURITY at Ford's Theater was UNCHARACTERISTICALLY WEAK.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Lincoln's last words were uttered when Mrs. Lincoln whispered to her husband, who was holding her hand, "What will Miss Harris think of my hanging on to you so?" This prompted Lincoln to reply, "SHE WON'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT" only moments before he was struck.

Lincoln would TRAVEL OPENLY around the country and WITHOUT GUARDS being present.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Lincoln would travel by carriage with his wife, Mary, without guards because they could not hear each other talk for the ''jingling of spurs and the jangling of sabers.'' Lincoln often traveled alone at night without guards until a would-be assassin shot off his stovepipe hat in August 1864 and sent him galloping for safety.

Lincoln's BODYGUARD was AWAY FROM HIS POST at the door of the President's box at FORD's THEATER.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Hours before Lincoln's assassination, he signed the order authorizing the creation of the Secret Service.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Despite his poor character, and for reasons that are not clear, on April 3, 1865 John F. Parker was picked for bodyguard duty at the White House. Ironically enough, the letter which informed Parker's bosses of his new duties was signed by Mrs. Lincoln herself.

LINCOLN WAS SHOT from BEHIND, in the HEAD, in PUBLIC, in the PRESENCE of his WIFE SEATED NEXT to him who was UNINJURED and who CRADLED the bullet-torn HEAD of her husband who DID NOT DIE IMMEDIATELY after being shot in the head.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The same play was also running at the McVerick Theatre in Chicago on May 18, 1860, the day Lincoln was nominated for President in that city.

Lincoln was shot in FORD's THEATER while sitting in box SEVEN with ANOTHER COUPLE of whom one was SERIOUSLY INJURED. Major Henry Rathbone was injured in the ARM from a knife wound, but NOT FATALLY. Clara Harris was uninjured.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Halfway through Act III, Scene 2 of "Our American Cousin", one of the characters utters a line considered one of the play's funniest: "Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal—you sockdologizing old man-trap..." During the boisterous laughter that followed this line, Booth shot President Lincoln. He chose the timing in hopes that the sound of the laughter would mask the sound of his gunshot.

Lincoln's WIFE was FORCED TO WAIT while doctors made UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS to save her husband.

The FIRST LADY'S CLOTHING which Mary Todd's wore on the night of the assassination became SYMBOLIC RELIC because it was stained with Lincoln's blood. Visit the outstanding Chicago Historical Society's online display of Lincoln assassination relics.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: The National Archive has the original blood-stained theatre program that was in Lincoln's hands when he was shot. The National Archives also has Jackie Kennedy's bloody dress. Unfortunately, her pink "pill hat" has mysteriously disappeared.

On the day of the assassination, Lincoln was wearing clothes from BROOK BROTHERS.

Lincoln was given the BEST MEDICAL ATTENTION available at that time which included CLOSED CHEST MESSAGE.

Lincoln died on the Good FRIDAY just before a HOLIDAY (Easter).

AN INTERESTING NOTE: The significance of the fact that Lincoln was shot on Good Friday was not lost on his religious contemporaries, who immediately began the Lincoln-Christ comparisons that have continued down to this day.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: At the moment of Lincoln's death, Secretary of War Edward Stanton was present at Lincoln's deathbed. It is recorded that Stanton gave perhaps the most celebrated epitaph in American history when he said, "Now he belongs to the AGES." However, a new round of scholarship suggests that Stanton actually said, "Now he belongs to the ANGELS."

Lincoln died in a BUILDING with the initials P and H (Petersen House).

AN INTERESTING NOTE: During the previous month, John Wilkes Booth rested on the exact same bed upon which Lincoln died. In March 1865 actor Charles Warwick had rented the room and, on a visit with Warwick, Booth fell asleep on the very same bed President Lincoln later died upon.

Lincoln's AUTOPSY was performed by MILITARY PERSONNEL.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES soon arose and became POPULAR surrounding the assassination itself and a government COVER-UP that followed.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Historical facts concerning the Lincoln assassination had a profound effect upon one of the two Kennedy assassination pathologists, Dr. James Humes, who performed the autopsy of President Kennedy on that fateful day. So much so that it led to Dr. Humes burning his original autopsy notes the next day - an act which conspiracy theorists use to support their idea of a cover-up. What was the reason Dr. Humes burned his original autopsy notes? He stated that he once saw the Ford Museum's exhibit of the blood-stained rocking chair in which President Lincoln was assassinated in and was "appalled at this type of display". Dr. Humes goes on to say: "When I saw that my own notes were stained with Kennedy’s blood, I vowed that this type of revolting object would not fall into the wrong hands. I burned the notes that night in my fireplace."

TWO major INVESTIGATIONS were conducted into the assassination of the President. The FIRST INVESTIGATION concluded that there probably WAS a CONSPIRACY involving Jefferson Davis, but there was not enough CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. The SECOND INVESTIGATION concluded that there probably WAS a wider CONSPIRACY without resolving WHO exactly WAS INVOLVED.

The official version of the ASSASSINATION is in dispute and CONSPIRACY THEORIES concerning his death have been hotly DEBATED for many decades, and have never been resolved satisfactorily in the mind of the public.

The only complete account of ABRAHAM Lincoln's assassination was written by JOHN Zelfindorfer. (reference needed here)

On the evening of Lincoln's assassination, TELEGRAPH SYSTEM in WASHINGTON D.C. mysteriously SHUT DOWN, thus delaying the news of Booth’s escape.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Read about all the bizarre events that occurred after Lincoln's assassination.

Lincoln's assassination became a highly TRAUMATIC cultural TRAGEDY which resulted in a flood of historical, journalistic, fictional and even poetical responses which, taken all together, left Americans with A VERY LARGE PSYCHOLOGICAL WOUND which can even be felt today.

Kennedy was ASSASSINATED while serving as PRESIDENT. Read about Kennedy's last day alive.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Kennedy's grandmother was living in Boston when he was assassinated. She was also alive the year that President Lincoln was assassinated.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: President Kennedy served exactly 1,000 days in office.

Kennedy's SECURITY in Dallas was UNCHARACTERISTICALLY WEAK.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Kennedy's last words were uttered when Governor Connally's wife said to him, "Mr. President, you can't say that Dallas doesn't love you." This prompted Kennedy to reply, "THAT'S OBVIOUS" only moments before he was struck.

Kennedy's orders were to REMOVE THE "BUBBLE TOP" of his 1961 Lincoln Continental on clear days. The bubble top was also removed in order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers as was the case in Dallas on November 22, 1963. On that day, Kennedy ordered that NO SECRET SERVICE AGENTS were to ride on the running boards at the rear of the car.

Kennedy's BODYGUARDS were AWAY FROM THEIR POSTS on the running-boards of the President's FORD Lincoln.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: It was only after Kennedy's assassination that a law was passed making it a federal crime to murder the President of the United States (U.S. Code Title 18, Chapter 84)

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Because of his bad back, Kennedy would sometimes wear a back brace as he did at the time he was killed. Unfortunately, the back brace kept him erect after Oswald's first bullet went through his neck. Had he been able to fall forward after this first bullet hit, the second, fatal bullet may have missed him and he may have survived.

KENNEDY WAS SHOT from BEHIND, in the HEAD, in PUBLIC, in the PRESENCE of his WIFE SEATED NEXT to him who was UNINJURED and who CRADLED the bullet-torn HEAD of her husband who DID NOT DIE IMMEDIATELY after being shot in the head. Visit one of the leading websites devoted to the Kennedy assassination. Examine the medical evidence.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Kennedy was shot just a few months shy of the 99th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination.

Kennedy was shot in a FORD LINCOLN while riding in car SEVEN with ANOTHER COUPLE of whom one was SERIOUSLY INJURED. Governor John Connally was injured in the ARM from a gunshot wound, but NOT FATALLY. Nellie Connally was uninjured.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Kennedy's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, was President of the FORD Motor Company before becoming part of Kennedy's Cabinet. As Ford President, McNamara came very close to terminating the LINCOLN limousine but instead ordered the smaller '61 Lincoln Continental to be built. It was the model of limousine Kennedy was assassinated in.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Both the rocking chair Lincoln was seated in at FORD's Theater and Kennedy's FORD Lincoln are on display at the Henry FORD Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: In 1963, President Johnson appointed then Congressman Gerald FORD to the Warren Commission to investigate the Kennedy assassination.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: In 1962, Oswald and his wife lived with Katherine FORD who was a member of the Russian community in Dallas.

Kennedy's WIFE was FORCED TO WAIT while doctors made UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS to save her husband.

The FIRST LADY'S CLOTHING which Jackie Kennedy wore in Dallas became SYMBOLIC RELIC because it was stained with Kennedy's blood. For two days after her husband's death, Jackie refused to remove her blood-stained clothing, and even regretted having washed the blood off her face and hands. The photograph of Jackie wearing her bloody dress while her husband's casket was loaded unto the plane was an image that shocked a nation. The reason she continued wearing her bloody dress became known when she told Lady Bird Johnson, "I want them to see what they have done to Jack."

On the day of the assassination, the Kennedy was wearing clothes from BROOK BROTHERS.

Kennedy was given the BEST MEDICAL ATTENTION available at that time which included CLOSED CHEST MESSAGE.

Kennedy died on the FRIDAY just before a HOLIDAY (Thanksgiving).

Kennedy died in a BUILDING with the initials P and H (Parkland Hospital).

AN INTERESTING NOTE: The first physician to see Kennedy at Parkland had delivered Oswald's baby one month before.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Both Oswald and Jack Ruby died at Parkland Hospital.

Kennedy's AUTOPSY was performed by MILITARY PERSONNEL.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES soon arose and became POPULAR surrounding the assassination itself and a government COVER-UP that followed.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: On the day of Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Richard Nixon was also in Dallas meeting with Pepsi-Cola executives.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: A memo from FBI head J. Edgar Hoover was found, stating that, “Mr. George Bush of the CIA had been briefed on November 23rd, 1963 about the reaction of anti-Castro Cuban exiles in Miami to the assassination of President Kennedy. (Source: The Nation, 8/13/88). On the day of the assassination Bush was in Texas, but he denies knowing exactly where he was. Since he had been the supervisor for the secret Cuban teams, headed by former Cuban police commander Felix Rodriguez, since 1960, it is likely Bush was also in Dallas in 1963.

TWO major INVESTIGATIONS were conducted into the assassination of the President. The FIRST INVESTIGATION (by the Warren Commission) concluded that there was NO CONSPIRACY involving Oswald and there was CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that he acted alone. The SECOND INVESTIGATION (by the House Select Committee on Assassinations) concluded that there probably was a CONSPIRACY without resolving WHO exactly WAS INVOLVED.

The only complete filming of JOHN Kennedy's ASSASSINATION was shot by ABRAHAM Zapruder.

Shortly AFTER Kennedy's assassination, the TELEPHONE SYSTEM in WASHINGTON D.C. mysteriously SHUT DOWN.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: When Kennedy was assassinated television networks went on 24 hour coverage for the first time in history.

Kennedy's assassination became a highly TRAUMATIC cultural TRAGEDY which resulted in a flood of historical, journalistic, fictional and even poetical responses which, taken all together, left Americans with A VERY LARGE PSYCHOLOGICAL WOUND which can even be felt today.

John Wilkes Booth was BORN IN '38. He stood 5 FEET, 8 INCHES tall. He was an excellent SWORDSMAN and is one of the most NOTORIOUS ASSASSINS in recorded history.

Booth came from a BROKEN HOME and lacked a strong FATHER FIGURE in his life. His father DIED when he was a child.

Booth had brother named Junius who was known to the family as JUNE.

Booth's FATHER was named after a FAMOUS TRAITOR (Brutus of Julius Caesar's fame).

In 1859, Booth was determined to attend the trial of abolitionist John Brown in VIRGINIA. He bought a Virginia MILITARY uniform and infiltrated the VIRGINIA MILITIA unit that was guarding John Brown. When John Brown was hanged, Booth stood at the foot of the scaffold.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee and Lieutenant J. E. B. Stuart led a contingent of U.S. MARINES that captured John Brown and most of the raiders and turned them over to the local Virginia militia. Officers Lee and Stuart would later command the Confederate Army as General Robert E. Lee. and General Stonewall Jackson. Historians agree John Brown played a major role in starting the Civil War, which followed sixteen months later.

In OCTOBER 1860, Booth SHOT HIMSELF when the pistol he was cleaning ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED striking him in the thigh and nearly missing his femoral artery. It took WEEKS of RECUPERATION until he was able to return to work.

Booth's MOTHER thought John Wilkes was a SPY for the Confederacy.

Booth seemed to have been involved in MILITARY INTELLIGENCE work.

Booth had TWO BROTHERS whose acting CAREERS he COVETED.

During Booth's lifetime, the CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE was over SLAVERY. Booth wrote a SPEECH on the issue but NEVER DELIVERED IT. It was the issue of slavery that motivated Booth to kill Lincoln.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Lincoln is quoted as saying, "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for SLAVERY, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." Lincoln also once said, "As I would not be a SLAVE, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

AN INTERESTING NOTE: In 1865 Lincoln received a letter from the International Working Men's Association, congratulating him on his reelection and praising his ANTI-SLAVERY stance. It was penned by KARL MARX.

Booth was fond of WRITING HIS THOUGHTS in a DIARY, some of which disappeared or were destroyed while under FEDERAL POSSESSION.

Booth was often USED THE ALIAS - "J. Wilkes".

Booth was known by ALL of his THREE NAMES - John Wilkes Booth. His MIDDLE NAME was derived from a DISTANT RELATIVE.

Booth was a SOUTHERNER favoring EXTREMIST views.

In '62, Booth was ARRESTED in St. Louis for making ANTI-GOVERNMENT remarks.

Booth was believed to be a MENTALLY UNSTABLE fanatic who was a LONE ASSASSIN in search of NOTORIETY.

Booth was a TRAITOR to the U.S. government and a known SYMPATHIZER to ENEMIES of the U.S.

Booth traveled to ENEMY TERRITORY (the Confederate state of Virginia) and borrowed a MILITARY UNIFORM pretending to be a soldier so that he could witness the hanging of John Brown in 1859.

Booth stayed in NEW ORLEANS visiting an UNCLE shortly BEFORE the assassination.

In October of '64, Booth was OUT OF THE COUNTRY in Montreal, Canada, visiting with CONFEDERATE SPY OPERATIVES.

DAYS BEFORE the assassination, Booth ATTEMPTED TO KILL President Lincoln when he urged Lewis Powell to SHOOT the President on the spot for announcing his support of giving SUFFERAGE to former SLAVES. Powell refused to do so.

Booth spent his LAST DAYS living in a hotel all ALONE in a SINGLE ROOM.

JEFFERSON DAVIS was the president of the Confederate states.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were born less than eight months of each other and less than 100 miles apart.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Charles Darwin was born on the same day and year as Abraham Lincoln - February 12, 1809 - and roughly FOUR HOUR APART. These two great "Emancipators" were religious "non-believers" in a world were both Biblical slavery and Biblical creationism were the status quo. They became near-mythic figures in the 19th century for their imposing and radical visions. They were astrological "twins" born under the sign of Aquarius and whose birth chart foretold that they would tend to be free-spirited, stubborn, visionary, rebellious, tolerant, genial but remote and detached. Other parallels between the lives of these two great men can be found throughout the internet.

Booth was a FRUSTRATED, self-important ATTENTION SEEKER with a grandiose self-image who drew no boundary between his SMALL LIFE and important AFFAIRS OF STATE and who seemingly had an OVERWHELMING DESIRE to make history no matter what the price.

Booth was in his MID-TWENTIES when he KILLED the President.

Booth committed his crime while AT HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT - Ford's Theater.

After Booth shot the President, he stood boldly ON STAGE before a CAPTIVE AUDIENCE and shamelessly proclaimed the ACTIONS he had taken.

Booth's infamous act of murder DRAMATICALLY ALTERED the course of the NATION in the aftermath of the assassination of the President.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: It is highly ironic that a UNITED STATES FLAG was greatly responsible for John Wilkes Booth's demise. The Confederate sympathizer/spy broke his leg after tripping over the U.S. flag that draped the balcony where Lincoln sat. Had Booth not tripped and broken his leg, there was a good chance that he would have gotten away.

Lee Harvey Oswald was BORN IN '39. He stood 5 FEET, 8 INCHES tall. He was an excellent SHARPSHOOTER and is one of the most NOTORIOUS ASSASSINS in recorded history.

Oswald came from a BROKEN HOME and lacked a strong FATHER FIGURE in his life. His father DIED when he was a child.

Oswald had a daughter named JUNE.

Oswald's FATHER was named after a FAMOUS TRAITOR (Confederate General Robert E. Lee).

In 1956, Oswald enlisted in the U.S. MARINE CORPS headquartered in VIRGINIA. For a detailed timeline of the important events in Oswald's life visit Dr. John McAdams JFK website.

In OCTOBER 1957, Oswald SHOT HIMSELF when a pistol fell from his locker to the floor and ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED striking him in the upper arm. It took WEEKS of RECUPERATION until he was able to return to work.

Oswald's MOTHER thought Lee Harvey was a SPY for the U.S. military.

Oswald seemed to have been involved in MILITARY INTELLIGENCE work.

Oswald had TWO BROTHERS whose military CAREERS he COVETED.

During Oswald's lifetime, the CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE was over COMMUNISM. Oswald wrote a SPEECH on the issue but NEVER DELIVERED IT. It was the issue of communism that motivated Oswald to kill Kennedy.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Kennedy is quoted as saying, "There are many people in the world who really don't understand - or say they don't - what is the great issue between the free world and the COMMUNIST world. Let them come to Berlin!"

AN INTERESTING NOTE: After her husband's assassination, Jackie Kennedy lamented, "He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. It had to be some silly little COMMUNIST."

Oswald was fond of WRITING HIS THOUGHTS in a DIARY, some of which disappeared or were destroyed while under FEDERAL POSSESSION.

Oswald often USED THE ALIAS - "Alek J. Hidell".

Oswald was known by ALL of his THREE NAMES - Lee Harvey Oswald. His MIDDLE NAME was derived from a DISTANT RELATIVE.

Oswald was a SOUTHERNER favoring EXTREMIST views.

In '63, Oswald was ARRESTED in New Orleans for disturbing the peace while distributing ANTI-GOVERNMENT literature and fighting with another man.

Oswald was believed to be a MENTALLY UNSTABLE fanatic who was a LONE ASSASSIN in search of NOTORIETY.

Oswald was a TRAITOR to the U.S. government and a known SYMPATHIZER to ENEMIES of the U.S.

Oswald traveled to ENEMY TERRITORY (the U.S.S.R.) and wrote to his brother saying, "In the event of war I would kill any American who put a UNIFORM on in defense of the American Government."

Oswald stayed in NEW ORLEANS visiting an UNCLE shortly BEFORE the assassination.

In October of '63, Oswald was OUT OF THE COUNTRY in Mexico City, Mexico, visiting with COMMUNIST EMBASSY OFFICIALS (Russian and Cuban).

DAYS BEFORE the assassination, Oswald ATTEMPTED TO KILL General Edwin Walker when he FIRED A SHOT at him through the window of his home. Walker was an outspoken SEGREGATIONIST who was relieved of his command in 1961 by President Kennedy for distributing RACIST literature to his troops.

Oswald spent his LAST DAYS living in a rooming house all ALONE in a SINGLE ROOM.

JEFFERSON DAVIS Tippit was the police officer that Oswald murdered shortly after murdering Kennedy.

AN INTERESTING NOTE: Jefferson Davis Tippit was a near double for JFK, so much so, that his nickname was literally "JFK." Click here to see a photo comparison.

Oswald was a FRUSTRATED, self-important ATTENTION SEEKER with a grandiose self-image who drew no boundary between his SMALL LIFE and important AFFAIRS OF STATE and who seemingly had an OVERWHELMING DESIRE to make history no matter what the price.

Oswald was in his MID-TWENTIES when he KILLED the President.

Oswald committed his crime while AT HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT - Texas School-book Depository.

After Oswald shot the President, he stood boldly before NEWS CAMERAS and a CAPTIVE AUDIENCE and shamelessly proclaimed the ACTIONS he had taken.

Oswald's infamous act of murder DRAMATICALLY ALTERED the course of the NATION in the aftermath of the assassination of the President.