Date: 2019-02-07 03:36 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] calimac
"It was founded by John Wilkes Booth’s brother, which should have been a sign of the ambush that loomed."

Now that's unfair. John Wilkes was the black sheep of the family, whose relatives were appalled by his actions. His brother Edwin, who founded the club, was the most distinguished American actor of his time (JWB was never in his class as an actor) and a most respected figure who once, by bizarre coincidence, saved Abraham Lincoln's son from being run over by a train.

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