History
Mystery
Have
a history teacher explain this----- if they can.
Abraham
Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in
1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected
President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was
elected President in 1960.
Both were
particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living
in the White House.
Both Presidents were
shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot
in the head
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln .
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named
Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded
Lincoln , was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson,
who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John
Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was
born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who
assassinated Kennedy, was born in
1939.
Both
assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Now hang on to your seat.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named
'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called '
Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.'
Lincoln was
shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid
in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a
warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a
theater.
Booth and Oswald were
assassinated before their trials.
And
here's the kicker...
A week before
Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with
Marilyn Monroe.
Creepy
huh?
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