Presidents and First Ladies Trivia
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04-19-2015, 09:15 PM
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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia
(04-14-2015 02:16 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Kudos, Laurie. Indeed it was Ronald Reagan. Reagan recalling his first visit to Ford's Theatre: "On Saturday March 21, Nancy and I made our first trip to Ford’s Theater in Washington to attend a black-tie gala to raise money for support of this historic building. During the performance, I looked up at the presidential box above the stage where Abe Lincoln had been sitting the night he was shot and felt a curious sensation. As you look up there, you can’t help but run those events of 1865 through your mind: You imagine the figure of John Wilkes Booth bursting through the door at the rear of the box, shooting the president, then leaping onto the stage and running away before a stunned audience. It occurred to me that until that night probably no one had ever given much thought to the possibility someone might want to kill the president. As I watched the show, I thought about all the security provided for Nancy and me and the children and how different things were now. Looking up at the flag-draped box, though, I thought that even with all the Secret Service protection we now had, it was probably still possible for someone who had enough determination to get close enough to a president to shoot him." Reagan was shot by Hinckley 9 days later. |
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