The Assassination on the Screen - Comparisons

[SSlater]

An aside. I watched 2 Lincoln stories, on last Friday evening, on Nat Geo. and neither was the 2 mentioned here.
One story was the "The Diggers" - the program that Laurie opposed so effectively. Thank you, Laurie. WHEW! what a waste. They raced around various lawns, digging staged finds of recent pennies, with forced enthusiasm. The hoped that they would find the lost pages of the diary, buried in a muddy hole -150 years after the assassination.

The other program was about seeking clues to some diseases that were said to be killing Lincoln at that time. They were inconclusive about their finds. However, I watched the "musical chairs" in the box, with much interest. Laura Keene was shown wearing a huge hoop skirt as she went to the box. It had a distinctive pattern of flowers on a white background. Then, as she held Lincoln head - it was not a hoop skirt, and Lincoln 's was comfortably supported.

The scientists were looking for fragments of the dress that may give up Lincoln's DNA. The owners of scraps of the dress - with Blood stains- were reluctant to give up their relics. (They eventually found a scrap that they used). Apparently, they are still working on the tests.

They also talked about Laura, wearing the bloody dress to social events, in later years. She wanted to show off her relic. This version of the dress was not a hoop-skirt. (As she descended a long stairway, she had no reason to be embarrassed.) I guess then , that the hoops were a separate garment, that could be worn , or not worn, as the lady chose.
I reluctantly add, the box easily held the 4 persons, we know were there, and ONE doctor. (There was space for more.)