From the March 15th Chicago Tribune "A bobblehead for Lincoln's assassin???" by Ashley Rueff.
The Abraham Lincoln presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois pulled the John Wilkes Booth bobblehead off their shelves this past week. Some folks think the man who killed President Lincoln should not be so-honored. Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania has done the same thing.
The 7-inch tall figurine of Booth has a gun in his hand and came in a box that resembles the inside of Ford's Theater where the assassination took place.
"They were not appropriate for sale. It seems to be in bad taste. It makes light of the assassination of President Lincoln," said museum spokesman Dave Blanchette. However, they had not received any complaints about it.
They had just been for sale since early March and were not big-sellers.
The Abraham Lincoln bobbleheads, however, are still for sale. I have to winder if having a bobblehead for him also might be considered to be in bad taste, but I bet Abraham Lincoln would have gotten a kick out of them.
Could be a Collector's Item. --Old Secesh
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