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Lincoln's son was in the vicinty of 3 Presidential assassinations
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:16 pm
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Robert Lincoln was coincidentally either present or nearby when three presidential assassinations occurred.
Lincoln was not present at his father's assassination.He was at the White House, and rushed to be with his parents.The president was moved to Petersen House after the shooting, where Robert attended his father's deathbed.
At President James A. Garfield's invitation, Lincoln was at the Sixth Street Train Station in Washington, D.C., where the President was shot by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and was an eyewitness to the event. Lincoln was serving as Garfield's Secretary of War at the time.
At President William McKinley's invitation, Lincoln was at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, where the President was shot by Leon Czolgosz on September 6, 1901, though he was not an eyewitness to the event.
Lincoln himself recognized the frequency of these coincidences. He is said to have refused a later presidential invitation with the comment "No, I'm not going, and they'd better not ask me, because there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present."
Wiki link, but the info is other places as well
This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 10:14 pm
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:21 pm to weagle99
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Lincoln's son was in the vicinty of 3 Presidential assasinations
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Robert Lincoln was coincidentally either present or nearby when three presidential assassinations occurred.
Lincoln was not present at his father's assassination.He was at the White House, and rushed to be with his parents.The president was moved to Petersen House after the shooting, where Robert attended his father's deathbed.
At President James A. Garfield's invitation, Lincoln was at the Sixth Street Train Station in Washington, D.C., where the President was shot by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and was an eyewitness to the event. Lincoln was serving as Garfield's Secretary of War at the time.
At President William McKinley's invitation, Lincoln was at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, where the President was shot by Leon Czolgosz on September 6, 1901, though he was not an eyewitness to the event.
Lincoln himself recognized the frequency of these coincidences. He is said to have refused a later presidential invitation with the comment "No, I'm not going, and they'd better not ask me, because there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present."
According to what you wrote he was only near 2, no?
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:21 pm to weagle99
Do you have a link to ths copy and paste job?
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:22 pm to weagle99
Illuminati
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:22 pm to lsu480
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According to what you wrote he was only near 2, no?
He was witness to his father assassinating this country as a whole.
This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:24 pm to weagle99
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Lincoln
I used to go drinking' with that dude.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:28 pm to lsu480
Plot twist:
Lincoln didn't have a son. Bob Lincoln was just a time traveler that wanted to be near presidential assassinations.
He was the person on the grassy knoll.
Lincoln didn't have a son. Bob Lincoln was just a time traveler that wanted to be near presidential assassinations.
He was the person on the grassy knoll.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:28 pm to lsu480
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According to what you wrote he was only near 2, no?
I'm willing to bend the rules considering the one he wasn't in the vicinity of was his father.
Outside of Steve Kerr, not many people have their fathers assassinated.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:29 pm to weagle99
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:29 pm to weagle99
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Of course, one of the other amazing connections to these assassinations is the fact that prior to Abe being killed, Robert had been saved by the brother of John Wilkes Booth,
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:30 pm to weagle99
Put the link in the original post. Thanks
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:31 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:We won, you lost.
He was witness to his father assassinating this country as a whole.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:31 pm to weagle99
Almost like that death cat at old folks homes
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:37 pm to lsu480
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he was only near 2
Being at his father's bedside while he was dying counts I think.
This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:52 pm to weagle99
quote:I'd say even being in the same city as 3 should count.
Being at his father's bedside while he was dying counts I think.
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:12 pm to weagle99
He was the assassin
arse arse in
LOL
arse arse in
LOL
This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 2/25/15 at 11:55 pm to fightin tigers
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Bob Lincoln was just a time traveler that wanted to be near presidential assassinations.
If a time-traveler, then no wonder they could never locate the so-called "Babushka Lady."
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:14 am to weagle99
I was a Lincoln present at Presidential assassinations... A long time before I was paid to be a Lincoln present at Presidential assassinations.
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