Norman Gasbarro | December 21, 2012
Only one conclusion can be drawn from the analysis of the story of the Lincoln Flag of the Pike County Historical Society: the flag is a hoax. In today’s post, after summarizing the major events in the development of the Lincoln Flag story, a revelation will be made, that if true, will make moot all […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 20, 2012
At a small county museum in northeast Pennsylvania [The Columns, Milford, Pike County], a large 36-star American flag is on display. The museum claims with certainty that the flag was used as a cushion under the head of Abraham Lincoln as he lay mortally wounded in the State Box in Ford’s Theatre the night of […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 6, 2012
The Stephen Spierberg film, Lincoln, is based somewhat on the Pulitizer Prize winning book by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, However, the film focuses on only a small part of the book, mainly a few pages describing the last months of the Lincoln presidency, when Abraham Lincoln was […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 28, 2012
William H. Lebo (1841-1916) was a Civil War veteran from the Lykens Valley area who served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry in 1864 and 1865. The following information is from Captain Enders Legion, a book that was previously reviewed here on this blog and currently still available from the Enders Family Association: William H. Lebo […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 22, 2012
The third Thursday of the month occurred on 20 November 1862, a date on which Thanksgiving would have been celebrated had it been recognized as a holiday. The year 1862, was the last year in which a national day of Thanksgiving was not celebrated. It 1863, during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the holiday […]
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