Student Skit of Powell's attack on Seward

[Linda Anderson]

Students from the Florida Union School District in Florida, NY recently performed a skit of Lewis Powell's attack on William Seward. There is a great picture included in the article from the June 2012 edition of The Florida Focus.

"William Henry Seward, arguably Florida’s most famous son, was born on May 16, 1801 in a house that now exists as a dilapidated barm at the rear of 35 North Main Street in Florida, NY. On May 19, 2012 the Florida Historical Society hosted their 21st Annual William Henry Seward Birthday Celebration, complete with cake, though without 211 candles...

"Under the directorship of FHS member Joan Kissinger, Florida UFSD students presented “The Stabbing of Lincoln’s Secretary of State on the Night Lincoln was Shot.” Though undoubtedly lacking the Hollywood glamor of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” which is due to be released later this year, the skit nevertheless provided a thrilling depiction of the assassination attempt on Seward by Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Payne). Powell was a co-conspirator with John Wilkes Booth in the plot to kill President Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State Seward all on the same night. (A third conspirator, George Atzerodt, never carried out the attempt on Johnson, possibly because he was drunk, we learned)."

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