Much has been made of the parallels between the lives and the assassinations of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
Comparing Kennedy's death to Lincoln's gives you a host of weird coincidences. Here are some I pulled off the Internet:
Both Presidents were shot in the back of the head, on the Friday before a major holiday, while seated beside their wives, neither of whom were injured.
Both were in the presence of another couple, and in each case that man was also wounded by the assassin.
After both assassinations there were loud and insistent claims that the fatal shot must have come from a different direction.
Each President in his thirties married a socailly prominent twenty-four year old girl who spoke French fluently.
While in the White House, each President had a family of three children, and both lost a child through death.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy were second children.
Both had been boat captains.
Both Presidents were shot in the back of the head, on the Friday before a major holiday, while seated beside their wives, neither of whom were injured.
Both were in the presence of another couple, and in each case that man was also wounded by the assassin.
After both assassinations there were loud and insistent claims that the fatal shot must have come from a different direction.
Each President in his thirties married a socailly prominent twenty-four year old girl who spoke French fluently.
While in the White House, each President had a family of three children, and both lost a child through death.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy were second children.
Both had been boat captains.
Both were related to a U.S. Senator, Attorney General, ambassador to Great Britain, and the mayor of Boston.
Each had been elected to Congress in the year '47 and were vice-presidential runners-up in the year '56.
Each was elected president in '60.
Before each was elected, a sister died. Both had a friend named Billy Graham and knew an Adlai Stevenson.
President Kennedy had a secretary named Mrs. Lincoln and President Lincoln had a secretary named John Kennedy.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson: Andrew born in 1808 and Lyndon in 1908, both of whom had 13 letters in their names and two daughters.
Both assassins have fifteen letters in their names, and both preferred their first and middle names in everyday use.
Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and fled to a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theatre.
Both assassins were in their turn assassinated by shooters who used a Colt revolver and fired only one, fatal shot.
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| Moses, Elena, Shelly & Jay at the Hall of Nations, Kennedy Center |
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| With Niece Karen Maisel at Presidential Box, Ford's Theater |
Shelly and I have attended performances at both facilities that are known for these famous Presidents: we were at the Kennedy Center last week for an excellent depiction of the life of Nat King Cole, and were at Ford's Theater last month for a take-off on American history called "Liberty Smith". Both were excellent performances that took place in famous venues. End of parallels.
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