John Wilkes Booth Birthday 2021

John Wilkes Booth, assassin of US President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C. was born on this day in 1838.

He was a thespian and member of a famous theatrical family from Maryland as well as an actor of note in his own right.

This confederate sympathizer was despondent over the abolition of slavery in the US and he thought his action was ocurring during the actual Civil War.

He died April 26, 1865 at age 26 after being struck in the neck by the bullet of a Union soldier named Boston Corbett who acted contrary to his orders which were live capture.

It is my humble opinion that his actions and death are the result of that impetuous streak all too many white males seem to develop in the late teens through young adulthood and that he did not live long enough to get through his "stupid" phase as did I.

Regardless the blow he struck was devastating to the country and history itself in light of the good man Lincoln is recognized as being.

The legacy of John Wilkes Booth is that of a murderer of a hero, statesman, and patriot of the United States.