The Unintended Irony

[LincolnMan]

Maybe Booth just didn't care that much about it being Good Friday. Surely, he was aware it was Good Friday. During the course of the day he must have heard about church services being held, people being let out of work to attend services, and talk among people about the entire Easter weekend. But like we all seem to think- Booth's overriding aim was to get the deed done- and the opportunity to strike the blow at Ford's that evening was a "gift" that he could not nor would not let pass. After all, back when he was merely planning to kidnap Lincoln- Ford's was already in the plan- so he had conceptualized the event to a large degree beforehand. Still, did he ponder, perhaps, that the death and resurrection theme of that weekend coinsided with the "death of the south" as he knew it- and it's resurrection ( to be caused by killing Lincoln).