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RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 05-05-2015 06:55 PM
Let me think --- could it be Thomas Kearney's??
RE: Assassination Trivia - Gene C - 05-05-2015 09:05 PM
Well I hope it's good!
We can be pretty tough on people who's research is not up to our standards. What I've seen of your posts, you might make it through without too many bruises.
Just remember, we all make misstakes, and no one is purfect.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 05-06-2015 06:18 AM
(And remember - barking dogs seldom bite...)
RE: Assassination Trivia - Thomas Kearney - 05-06-2015 10:37 AM
(05-05-2015 06:55 PM)L Verge Wrote: Let me think --- could it be Thomas Kearney's??
Correct.
(05-05-2015 09:05 PM)Gene C Wrote: Well I hope it's good!
We can be pretty tough on people who's research is not up to our standards. What I've seen of your posts, you might make it through without too many bruises.
Just remember, we all make misstakes, and no one is purfect.
Thanks, Gene!
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-12-2015 07:54 AM
Parents of two people involved the Lincoln assassination story died 5 days apart. One's father passed away on May 13, 1845. The other one's mother passed away on May 18, 1845. Who were these two folks?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-12-2015 09:13 AM
Hint #1: One was female and one was male.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 05-12-2015 11:25 AM
Mary Surratt and Dr. Mudd?
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-12-2015 12:07 PM
Excellent try, Eva! However, it is not those two.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Dave Taylor - 05-12-2015 12:39 PM
Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone?
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 05-12-2015 12:43 PM
Ouch - yes...I think Dave is right...
RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-12-2015 01:17 PM
Dave is correct, and Eva, you are correct for agreeing with him. I was reading Caleb Stephens' new book on the assassination and came upon this fact on p. 31. Henry Rathbone's father (Jared L. Rathbone) died on May 13, 1845. Clara Harris' mother (Louisa Tubbs Harris) passed away on May 18, 1845.
Since both of you are teachers I am sending each of you an apple.
RE: Assassination Trivia - Gene C - 05-12-2015 01:21 PM
(05-12-2015 01:17 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Since both of you are teachers I am sending each of you an apple.
That's good, I was concerned you were going to send them Oreos. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/28/school-lunch-returned-not-nutritious/26498493/
RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 05-12-2015 01:24 PM
Thanks, Roger, I love apples - just don't know what links them to teachers?
RE: Assassination Trivia - ReignetteC - 05-12-2015 01:32 PM
(05-12-2015 01:24 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Thanks, Roger, I love apples - just don't know what links them to teachers?
As a former grade-school teacher, I was intrigued by your question, Eva. So if found this Smithsonian article, "Why Do Students Give Teachers Apples . . . "
"Held up as the paragon of moral fastidiousness, teachers, particularly on the frontier, frequently received sustenance from their pupils. “Families whose children attended schools were often responsible for housing and feeding frontier teachers,” according to a PBS special, titled “Frontier House, Frontier Life.” An apple could show appreciation for a teacher sometimes in charge of more than 50 students.
"Apples continued to be a favorite way to curry favor even after the practical purpose of feeding teachers disappeared. Bing Crosby’s 1939 “An Apple for the Teacher,” explains the persuasive allure of the fruit. “An apple for the teacher will always do the trick,” sings Crosby, “when you don’t know your lesson in arithmetic.”
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-do-students-give-teachers-apples-and-more-from-the-fruits-juicy-past-26381703/#6YRDhFzvoJySUMrz.99
RE: Assassination Trivia - Gene C - 05-12-2015 01:53 PM
I may have to stop by the grocery on my way home from work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEEnCK6P0Ik