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April 14th is the th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination. Several generations have passed in that time. Most recently, we mourned the passing of the last of Dr. Mudd’s grandchildren, succinctly showing the time that has elapsed since the great crime. As has been done for ages, we mark our lost generations with gravestones. They are a reminder of their time on earth and their influence on others. Unfortunately the stones on which names are placed are not impervious to time’s unceasing march. Water, wind, heat and cold, erase names and dates. Markers stand as unreadable, phantom reminders of people and lives unknown. Along with the elements, humans, both directly and inadvertently damage stones. Markers are chipped, broken or fallen by human hands. For many of these stones, this is the end. Without families aware of their destruction, they remain broken, fallen, and forgotten.
For some related to the Lincoln assassination this is the case
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April 11, Barry Cauchon
Robert Redford&#;s bio &#;The Conspirator&#; hits theaters this Friday, April The producers of the film (American Film Co.) were kind enough to allow me to visit the set for a couple of days in November I later had a chance to view the film at the World Premiere showing at the Toronto Film Festival. I posted a review of the film on September 18, on this blog and later published it in the spring edition of the Lincoln Herald. inom am posting that review igen here today.
I encourage you to see the film. For those of you who believe it is the story of Mary Surratt, the lone woman indicted with seven other defendants for their involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, it is only partially that. This is the story of one of Mrs. Surratt&#;s lawyers, Frederick Aiken and his battle with the very one-sided military commission that tried her. Whether Mary Surratt was guilty or innocent is not resolved here and the debate goes on between researche
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Sarah Olivia WESTON was born in West Randolph, Orange, Vermont. Educated at home, chiefly under private tuition. She continued her studies in Boston, devoting her attention principally to the classics and history, under the direction of several noted professors at Cambridge, she being the second of the few female students to whom the privileges of Harvard University were granted. Her thorough knowledge of the ancient languages were of great service to Prof. Elliot Coues in his famous work on Ornithology, the &#;North American Birds,&#; in which a glowing tribute is paid to her attainments.
Sarah Olivia WESTON and Frederick Argyle AIKEN were married on June 1, Frederick Argyle AIKEN died in After their marriage, they removed to Washington, D.C. where he
soon attained distinction in legal and journalistic circles, having been the attorney and counsel of Mrs. Surratt, one of the Lincoln conspirators, and being the editor of several newspapers in Washington. At the time of his death