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Killing Lincoln - BettyO - 11-09-2012 07:18 PM
New "Blog" on the NGeo Channel site regarding Killing Lincoln -
Can't wait for this one!
http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/08/killing-lincoln/
RE: Killing Lincoln - Jim Garrett - 11-10-2012 06:17 AM
I've already added it to my favorites.
RE: Killing Lincoln - RJNorton - 11-10-2012 06:58 AM
Most definitely. It's great they got Tom Hanks to be the narrator - commentator.
RE: Killing Lincoln - L Verge - 11-10-2012 01:09 PM
But I'm not happy with two glaring errors in the text of this commercial: Mary Surratt was not the only woman executed by the federal government (they use the word "hanged" so I will have to check that validity), and Booth was killed in Virginia, not Southern Maryland. Whoever wrote that text seems to think Booth escaped first to Virginia and then to Maryland. Bet he flunked geography.
RE: Killing Lincoln - BettyO - 11-10-2012 03:12 PM
After rereading this I also noticed that "soldier" is misspelled as "soldeir".....
This is the WEBMASTER's problem - someone needs to proof after him/her!! Should we notify Erik?
RE: Killing Lincoln - L Verge - 11-10-2012 07:34 PM
I already posted a comment on that trailer. Hopefully they read it. Erik is also a member of this forum, but I don't know if he has time to follow us closely. Misspellings I can live with - now that the news media commit them constantly, but mishistory gets on my nerves.
RE: Killing Lincoln - My Name Is Kate - 11-10-2012 11:30 PM
Speaking of misspellings, there is one on Lewis Powell's gravestone: "Calvary" instead of "Cavalry". Incidentally, that gallows scene has always reminded me of Calvary, complete with a mob of onlookers (not that I'm implying in any way that the condemned were innocent...it's just so horrific to look at...)
http://img5.fold3.com/img/thumbnail/264498065/400/400/0_0_1824_1216.jpg
RE: Killing Lincoln - RJNorton - 11-11-2012 09:59 AM
(11-10-2012 11:30 PM)My Name Is Kate Wrote: Speaking of misspellings, there is one on Lewis Powell's gravestone: "Calvary" instead of "Cavalry".
Good eyes, Kate!
RE: Killing Lincoln - Bill Richter - 11-11-2012 01:36 PM
Come, come, people, it was calvary to the average soldier even today. As my old hist prof said, "OK, but I refuse to accept cavalry."
RE: Killing Lincoln - L Verge - 11-11-2012 02:05 PM
I would be willing to bet that 90% of the American public makes the same mistake. That still does not make it acceptable. The stonemason should make it right.
RE: Killing Lincoln - Gene C - 11-11-2012 04:29 PM
It's not easy to spell things correctly with a southern accent
RE: Killing Lincoln - L Verge - 11-11-2012 07:06 PM
OMG, Gene. That's too funny! However, you are kinda right.
RE: Killing Lincoln - Jim Garrett - 11-11-2012 07:15 PM
Yawl er picken on us!
RE: Killing Lincoln - L Verge - 11-11-2012 07:41 PM
If I remember correctly, Gene has a wonderful Southern accent.
RE: Killing Lincoln - LincolnMan - 11-12-2012 04:02 PM
Is that a fairly new grave marker?