Something about John Wilkes Booth you may not know...

[Jim Garrett]

I think the views on JWB will always run the spectrum. Most of us grew up on JWB was a crazed actor, a bloodthirsty murderer, a rouge assassin, etc. He was a one demensional charactor. In recent years, a vast amount of in-depth information has brought out much more information about the man, son, brother, Southern patriot. The one thing that we will never have is a full explanation of ":why" from the source.

This is the great thing about this forum. It really opens up communication and information.

I volunteer at Ford's and have done presentaions on the events of April '65 to thousands of visitors. From my experience, it appears that still, the majority of Americans still know next to nothing about the assassination. Most still think some crazy actor acted alone. It's really up to people like us to educate the masses to the most pivotal moment in American history.

Thank you