The Day Lincoln was shot

**Galician** · 15th April 10, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown

Trying to put this in a somewhat "Scottish", if not kilted, context, following his election Lincoln made his way to Washington by train. En route news reached the President-elect that a plot had been uncovered to assassinate him when the train reached Baltimore. To safeguard Lincoln he was wrapped in a plaid shawl, his characteristic stovepipe hat replaced by a "Scotch bonnet". Later, those opposed to Lincoln and his policies often caricatured the president wearing a bonnet and wrapped in a shawl.

Was Lincoln great? Of course he was. Otherwise, why would they have named a toy after him?

Why would this have been a caricature? A President in tartan (as opposed to plaid, right?) sounds cool, better than drab black.

Might this have reflected a subtle prejudice against Scottish culture (including kilts-doubtful if worn then) though? Btw, what toy?

Originally Posted by Woodsman

Political cartoonists of that time had a field day with this. I have a drawing of Lincoln in a kilt that was used to ridicule his sneaking into Washington. In fact Lincoln had ignored most of the threats upon his life and kidnapping up to this time. It was only after his visit to the state capital in Harrisburg, PA that he decided to go into Washington under cover and travel seperately from his family. For a while I used this kilted Lincoln cartoon as my avatar -remember?

A kilted Lincoln is even better! Put THAT on the penny!

**piperdbh** · 15th April 10, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Galician

Btw, what toy?

Lincoln Logs, of course!

**Galician** · 15th April 10, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

Lincoln Logs, of course!

Ohhhh, thanks! I've never seen those in real life.

**Woot22** · 15th April 10, 02:27 PM

Here is a photo of a statue honoring Lincoln and Scottish soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. I took this last summer while in Scotland for the Gathering.

**Woodsheal** · 15th April 10, 02:57 PM

Great book on the assassination and the pursuit of Booth:

Manhunt: the 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, James L. Swanson, 2006.

**Arlen** · 16th April 10, 07:05 AM

This thread has been going nowhere fast for a long time, now.

The moderating team have posted repeated warns and had to remove more posts than we can easily count.
I think it's time this thread was closed down.

I'm sorry, guys, but you have no one to blame but yourselves.