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?