Friday, April 26, 2013

Lincoln And Kennedy

Saw this on Facebook:

About Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy:

Have a history teacher explain this if they can.

- Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. -  John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.


- Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.  - John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

- Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

- Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.

- Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

- Both Presidents were shot in the head.
- Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.   -  Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

- Both were assassinated by Southerners.

- Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

- Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.  - Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

- John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.  - Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

- Both assassins were known by their three names.

- Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

- Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."   - Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford."

-  Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

 -  A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.   - A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

 -  Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse...  - Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater...
 
^ I thought was interesting considering they were about 100 years apart.  ^

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