Ellsworth Schonfeld Why do folks always spell his middle name wrong? Kim Newman wrote a whole story about that. It's ALLAN not Allen but lots of movies, tv credits, articles and even serious academic researchers get it wrong and it bugs me.
The best tombstone sentiment I have ever read; " Think of this as you pass by, as you are now so once was I. As I am now you too shall be, Lord pray my friends to follow me. My friend went running out of the graveyard after reading that one!
There was a brother to John Wilkes Booth who was also close to Lincoln, that brother interestingly enough saved Lincolns son's life. And was acknowledged by the President .
I feel like leaving coins with Lincoln’s face on them on the grave of the man who shot and killed Lincoln is kind of like a slap in the face to Booth. Like, “you’re never going to be forgiven for this. Lincoln has his face on this coin, but all you have is this tiny gravestone.” Definitely a final insult. He’s being mocked.
@@JohnWiIkesBooth In killing him, you made him a martyr of the country. I think it would he better if you didn't kill him so he wouldn't be so popular, but alas, you were a dipshit and now, you have lincoln heads on your grave. Yeah, but you don't care anyways.
Lisa Mulloy You can learn a lot by walking around an old cemetery. It's easy to see who the rich people were because of the elaborate headstones. You also can imagine the heartache of seeing the graves of so many children who died young, probably from diseases that have been nearly eliminated, like scarlet fever.
I believe that restrictions have been in place at newer cemeteries as to markers. This would explain the bland nature of the modern cemetery. The cemetery that you show is truly beautiful and I know from experience it is easy to spend a full day in such a place. You get a real sense of the past and the people who built this nation. Peaceful
Unfortunately, you are mistaken that he is buried there. That is actually another relative’s foot stone. His grave is unmarked, and most historians agree that it is directly behind the obelisk.
Historical graveyards are serene, peaceful and beautiful. I have one from mostly the late 1700s and early 1800s attached to my side yard. It’s wonderful
"A coin left on a headstone or at the grave site is meant as a message to the deceased soldier's family that someone else has visited the grave to pay respect. Leaving a penny at the grave means simply that you visited. A nickel indicates that you and the deceased trained at boot camp together, while a dime means you served with him in some capacity. By leaving a quarter at the grave, you are telling the family that you were with the soldier when he was killed" Im assuming this is why there are pennies on his gravestone, lincoln just happens to be on the penny though.
theone2225 If those Pennies we're meant to pay respect, I would have taken them all and thrown them in the spring. You know they hung his mother too, just for owning the house where the murder was planned and knowing their intentions?
They aren't meant to pay respect, just to show they visited. Also they didnt hang John Wilkes Booth's mother that was Mary Surratt who owned the house where they met. She was the one that was killed.
I just always assumed the pennies on Booth's gravestone were people reminding him, even in death, that we still revere Abraham Lincoln enough to put him on our pennies so that his memory lives on, even to this day. lol
These cemeteries are very old. The older gravestones are different than some of today. But they really have a lot of charm and are great educators of part of our nation's history. They are fascinating to look at and read.
bern bren are you sure it's Satan? I think it's just one of Hell's serpents she's standing on. Or did Satan act through one of his serpents in Genesis? Your observation was refreshing btw :)
Joseph Booth was John Wilkes' younger brother. Cora is Joseph's second wife. Richard Booth was John Wilkes' grandfather. John's parents were Junius Brutus Booth Sr and Mary Ann Booth. Often confused to be a marker for John Wilkes, this white stone in the Booth family plot is the foot stone for his sister, Asia Booth Clarke. John Wilkes is buried without any stone. His name does appear on the rear of the Booth obelisk though. ow.ly/NlrGx
2:25 "Cemeteries just don't look like this anymore, because you don't have artisans who do this kind of work anymore." Lack of skilled stone cutters is not really the the reason. Artistic and dramatic grave stones came into fashion during the Victorian era, when cemeteries were visited as recreation and, in the post Civil War era, American cemeteries reflected the public's fascination with death--they were the original goths, as it were. As that interest faded in the mid 20th century, demand for fancy stones waned. Cemeteries have been redesigned for ease of maintenance. It is far easier to mow large lawns when the markers are set flush on the ground.
am just glad people havent graffiti'd the entire site. then again i wonder if you asked 100 randomers on the street who JW Booth was, most wouldnt have a clue.
@4exgold Just wait. I realize it's been 2yrs since this video was made, but I don't remember ever hearing where JWB was buried. This guy gave everything but friggin driving directions, so I'm sure the fanatic Baltimore chapter that we saw shutting highways down & having to be dispersed by National Guard troops would hit this. I mean if they targeted LEE who freed his slaves & never held slavery as a point on why he fought, why wouldn't they go after a guy who shot POTUS hoping to bring it all back
You're correct. That is because an ignorant populace is easier to control than an educated populace. Deliberate "dumbing down" for the future "Amerika".
I think most people are leaving a penny here because of him killing Abe Lincoln; do to the fact that I would doubt any of his friends or acquaintances are still alive.I like the fact his stone sits all alone away from the rest of the family. Makes me personally think the family was ashamed of him and his actions. I'm surprised he was buried in the family plot at all.
01sarah29 no known stone in this plot. Relatives do not believe he is in this plot, or in this cemetary. We are not sure if anyone is buried here, except for all the people you see, and the coffin of the 4 siblings that past early in life. Sad to have no control over the life of your loved ones. His Father, is my Great Great Great Grandfater, my great great Grandmother, Jane Booth Mitchell, is the Aunt of JWB, and Cora Mitchell Booth, the Mother of baby Thomas Booth and wife of Joseph Booth is my great Aunt, and my Grandmothers sister.
While we are totally ashamed of his actions, he is still a main member of the Family Booth, forever known as THE FIRST FAMILY OF THE AMERICAN THEATURE.
@Joanne Hulme -- Woah, I just saw you on a video about Booth from The Verge. My sincerest condolences for that dark stain on your family history. Are you still pushing to have the body that's _supposedly_ JWB exhumed and DNA tested? It would be such a relief to finally have those theories put to rest once and for all.
+Jenya March You’re not the only one hoping for that. It’s about time they debunked those ridiculous conspiracy theories once and for all. Booth’s body was viewed and positively identified by his mother, sister, brother, dentist, and several friends. I doubt a mother wouldn’t be able to recognize her son.
“Reasonable expression”? He’s pissed off by the idea the African Americans will have citizenship! Are you illiterate, or just incredibly stupid? Booth was no hero. He died as he lived: a pathetic, racist, worthless piece of shit, whose own family didn’t even bother to mark the final resting place of his worthless carcass.
Actually, that’s not where Booth is buried. That’s his sisters foot stone that for some reason myth keeps visitors believing it is. The family felt it would illicit vandalism if his plot was marked so they didn’t put up a stone at all. According to some sources, he lays behind the main family monument.
You're wrong about John Wilkes grave. I was told by a couple who actually know. He's buried behind the giant monument, unmarked. That white stone, is the foot stone to his sister's grave.
The Booth family were all accomplished actors and it was John's brother Edwin who in fact saved President Lincoln's son Robert Lincoln's life in Passaic New Jersey by pulling him to safety by an incoming train after Robert tripped over his bag and fell into a railway pit. After the assassination of Lincoln Edwin quit acting out of shame his brother brought upon him. Many years later he made a comeback.
Dan, Green Mount Cemetery is a classic example of the Rural Cemetery Movement that occurred between the 1830s-1890s. These cemeteries were inspired by the creation of Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. The first "rural cemetery" in America was Mount Auburn near Cambridge, MA. Others quickly followed, Laurel Hill in Philadelphia, Green-Wood in Brooklyn, and Woodlawn in the Bronx. Look up info on "Rural Cemetery Movement;" I think you will find quite interesting information.
I recall having read in the book "Twenty Days" that Booth supposedly was wrapped in canvas and weighted with cannon balls and buried in the Potomac River. Perhaps this is just another situation that we will never know for sure.
I lived in Jackson Missouri once. And at the police station there was a toumstone of someone who died in 1859, it was apparently vandalized and broken off and the police station had it in the back of the building right by where the graveyard was. And I couldn't believe the police were just keeping it there couldn't they have taken a Walk thru the cemetery to see what grave it belonged to, and see if it could have somehow could have been repaired. It was despicable to me the cops could have done something.
I just looked it up on Wiki. Junius Brutus Booth and Mary Ann Holmes Booth were the parents of John Wilkes Booth, so you showed their headstones at about 3:20 into the video. I think it's ironic that his father's middle name was Brutus. And I love the Lincoln pennies all over his tombstone. So fitting!
Wind noise was very distracting. You might want to do a little research. John Wilkes Booth parents were British actor Junius Booth and Mary Ann (much younger actress and they were not married). Junius Booth was married to a woman in England.
There's a tradition of counteracting the bad juju at the grave by placing Lincoln head pennies face up on the headstones to "lock the assassin in the ground."
The Saint with the serpent under her foot is Saint Martha. JWB was the son of the Shakespearean actorJunius Brutus Booth, whose name appears on both the obelisk and a stone in this video. His brother referred to by others here was his brother, the actor Edwin Booth. Like the Barrymores, theater was the family business. The cemetery is also festooned with many stones that attest to the Greek cemetery movement, which effected the way stones were sculpted in graveyards all up and down the east coast in that period. The historian Gary Wills has written pretty marvelously about it in his "Lincoln at Gettysburg", which chronicles the roots of the poetry/school of rhetoric that led to the crafting of the Gettysburg address. A worthy and fascinating read.
I am from Baltimore. Chubby (Norman Chancy) from the Little Rascals is also buried in the graveyard at the top the hill. Poor guy was only 21 years old when he died.
I too enjoy amazing and beautiful artwork on tombstones---Woodlawn in Brooklyn NY is unbelievable---you could spend wks checking that place out. Great vlog--thank you, enjoy watching them !
@Fishing God His only goal was to keep the union together by any means necessary and said so many times. Southern cities were bombarded killing men women and children southerners were summarily executed livestock killed crops destroyed homes burned. He and his army were bloody war criminals especially him.
@Fishing God It won't be a civil war , it's gonna be a racial war unfortunately . In 244 years this country has learned nothing from its past . This country has all kinds of history , good & bad . You can take down statues & monuments . But it doesn't erase the history . Nobody alive today had anything to do with what happened durning the civil war . But WE all know the issues and what they are and we ALL need to do our part to make this country better , no matter our gender or race are where we come from originally. We are a nation made up of immigrants . Somewhere along the way , the people of this country need to remember that .
@Fishing God You've answered your own question . To my point that none of us has anything to do with what's happened in the past , but we all can make a difference now and in the future by being a little more understanding towards each other. Now as I said you answered your own question . This country is a country of opportunity . And your neighbor has moved here and has made a good life for himself and that's what this country is all about .
I heard Edwin was a good man he had saved Robert Lincoln life once. Iam very sorry he had endure scrutiny by the public for awhile because of shame disgrace and embarrassment of what his brother had did to him and rest of the Booth family members I can't even imagine what they had to go thru the rest of their lives what the shame disgrace and embarrassment John Wilkes Booth did to his family that wasn't fair to them who were also victims in this historic tragedy.
Thanks Dan. That is an interesting clip. John Wilkes Booth's father was Junius Brutus Booth. They were a famous family. That night at Ford's Theater, everyone knew Mr. Wilkes Booth. He was a VIP, there with his bride to be, Lucy Hale. Mr Lincoln knew who he was. In possession of a loaded gun, John Wilkes Booth walked past everyone on his way up to the President's booth. If Mr Booth had his say, I think he would rather have folks putting Lincoln, five dollar bills on his grave. That way he could get something to drink.
I love the scrolls! Are they cast concrete or carved marble? I would love to see a tour showing all the different kinds of really beautiful tomb stones .
The stone you pointed to is a footstone for another family member. It's the footstone that goes with the headstone with the cross and scroll you showed at the end; it's the feet end of a woman's grave. John Wilkes Booth is in an unmarked grave back behind the obelisk.
Yeah, I wondered why that was even focused on at all. Yes, it’s a bit unusual to have a spring in a cemetery, but honestly, why is it enough of a big deal to even mention?
John Doe Satan isn't a serpent in true form, he's the corrupted, Fallen angel Lucifer, but appeared in the garden as a serpent resting on one of the tree of knowledge's branches.
What people think is the unmarked headstone of John Wilkes Booth, is actually the unmarked footstone of his sister Asia, who was the wife to actor John S. Clarke. John Wilkes Booth, was buried behind the obelist.
one side note: I once went to the old athens, ga. cemetery across from sanford stadium, at night... I wanted to find the grave of ricky wilson; I soon realized what a HUGE place it was, and despaired of finding his grave...the only thing I knew was that his gravestone was a waist-high pyramid. I decided to let my feet just go where they would...I walked across a small bridge, then straight over a low hill, and walked right to it, found it about midnight...it was so dark that I almost fell into a freshly dug grave, too. I guess it was luck, but I choose to believe it was a little miracle; on one side it has engraved the musical notes to 'rock lobster'...!
MINIFINGER MADNESS: No, gods aren't real. No matter how much you buy into it, it doesn't change the fact that there are no gods. "please love him" Why? Even if a god existed, if it created me solely to worship it forever, it has an amazingly small egotistical mind. That alone would make it not worth worshiping (not to mention the condoning of murder, rape, slavery, etc.).
I like that you like history, you just don't walk around filming just to film and state that your not sure of this or that. People don't care about history anymore.
You know the sad part is, he didn't had to do what he did, but he killed Lincoln. Not only Lincolns family suffered but his family suffered too after his actions, His brothers acting career never achieved success all because they shared the same last name. In the end, Lincoln's legacy lives on and so those booth's (just not too much)
Your history is off, good effort though. JWB does not have a marker at the family plot, he is buried behind monument for his parents. The little markers are actually foot markers for the person resting there; some actually have the initials on them.
Hey Dan, big fan! I'm from NY, and I went to go visit my buddy in Virginia. On the way back to NY I decided to drive to Baltimore to see John Wilkes Booths grave. Unfortunately when I got here the entrance was locked up and I could not get in, and this was around 2:30pm on a Monday. I was a little disappointed because I love history and have wanted to see Johns' grave for a while. Maybe next time I will be able to see it.
There is still art in the Monument Companies, most of it is drawn digitally. I live near the Wichita Mountain chain in Oklahoma where they mine granite, and there are many many many monument companies here with art comparable to the 18th centuries that was still being produced by hand even 10 years ago. So yeah there are many very talented individual artists working for monument companies and is still a very very professional art form.
Rest in Peace. Lincolns tyranny was at last cut short by your brave deed! Lincoln had to account for the war he waged against his own people. Lincoln's name should live in everlasting infamy for the hundreds of thousands that died needlessly. Alas, your grave is neglected and your good name insulted but your words will echo into history. Sic semper tyrannis!
Traditionally it is NOT an insult to leave a penny on a gravestone. It is in fact a sign of respect and commemoration. The fact that it is a Lincoln head penny? Well that is the only penny in common circulation. It comes from Military Tradition. When visiting a fallen soldiers grave you leave a penny. A nickel if you served in the same War as the fallen soldier; a dime if you served in the same unit as he and a Quarter if you served in the same battle or if you were with him when he died. Leaving the penny of the grave of John WIlks Booth means those are from people who recognize that Booth died in service to his country, The Confederacy. If I were there I too would leave a Penny out of respect for a fallen solder, regardless of what side of the war he fought on. I do this when visiting the graves of fellow solders.
I believe descendants of confederate soldiers leave the coins. It has certain meanings. Not hate but respect. And this is not johns grave its his sister's Flintstone. John is buried unmarked behind the large monument
Joseph Adrian was John's youngest brother. Cora was a sister-in-law. Junius Brutus and Mary Ann were his parents. Rosalie was his oldest sister. Where the pennies are is the footstone of his sister Asia's grave. John Wilkes is buried in an unmarked spot behind the obelisk along with 3 other siblings, Frederick, Mary Ann, and Elizabeth......who died at young ages before he was born.
I've always liked wandering through older sections of a cemetery, reading the headstones and pondering what their lives were like.
Me too
I like going and trying to absorb the souls of the dead
There's a lot of symbolism in 19th century graveyards - if you see broken columns, bits haven't actually fallen off. They mean "A life cut short"
Yes! Each thing on those old head stones has a meaning. It's really interesting!
Pete Stean interesting.
Seriously? I've never heard that.
Pete Stean Very cool. Thanks for sharing, man. ☺
WOW Pete!!!! Thanks for sharing that!!!!
If anyone is interested Edger Allen Poe is also buried in Baltimore.
Ellsworth Schonfeld I knew that yup sure did
I’m related to him
Hard Time Prisoner really
I saw AdamTheWoo review it lol
Ellsworth Schonfeld Why do folks always spell his middle name wrong? Kim Newman wrote a whole story about that. It's ALLAN not Allen but lots of movies, tv credits, articles and even serious academic researchers get it wrong and it bugs me.
The best tombstone sentiment I have ever read; " Think of this as you pass by, as you are now so once was I. As I am now you too shall be, Lord pray my friends to follow me. My friend went running out of the graveyard after reading that one!
There was a brother to John Wilkes Booth who was also close to Lincoln, that brother interestingly enough saved Lincolns son's life. And was acknowledged by the President .
really , that's very interesting
Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth was very pro-Union it gauled John Wilkes and his sister so bad
Death Valley Days did an episode about Edwin Booth.
JWB's dad was Junius Brutus Booth I believe.
I feel like leaving coins with Lincoln’s face on them on the grave of the man who shot and killed Lincoln is kind of like a slap in the face to Booth. Like, “you’re never going to be forgiven for this. Lincoln has his face on this coin, but all you have is this tiny gravestone.” Definitely a final insult. He’s being mocked.
good, it deserves to be mocked for all eternity
Mama Bri ? He did this so?
Booth brought it on himself - and took the lives of other men and a woman who followed him in his assassination plot.
I don’t care. He literally caused reconstruction to be 100 times severe, and created the civil rights problems in the south.
@@JohnWiIkesBooth In killing him, you made him a martyr of the country. I think it would he better if you didn't kill him so he wouldn't be so popular, but alas, you were a dipshit and now, you have lincoln heads on your grave. Yeah, but you don't care anyways.
Lincoln (pennies) is literally on top of booth. He has the high ground
As we know highground is the ultimate weapon
Not technically
Broke: I'm gonna piss on his grave!
Woke: I'm going to put Lincoln money on his grave
Except that is Asia Booth’s foot stone .
@@JackBlackYakAttack don’t try it
Interesting.Alot of those 1800's and early 1900's tombstones were truly beautiful works of art.Old cemeteries are very interesting.
Lincoln Penny's on top of his tombstone? Greatest troll ever. The irony.
Penny's are meant to show respect, a penny left on a tombstone = respects
The penny is like someone leaving a stone. That they are not forgotten.
Or they are paying respect.
Didn’t I just see you comment in gibi’s video?
Totenkopf kang Placing the penny with Lincoln on it demonstrates his immortal legacy to the American people that Booth couldn’t destroy.
I could spend all day in an old cemetery!
All the people buried there are spending eternity there .
How about forever? >:)
Well that’s not creepy
Well for me it's quite interesting to see different people who have lived in different time
Lisa Mulloy You can learn a lot by walking around an old cemetery. It's easy to see who the rich people were because of the elaborate headstones. You also can imagine the heartache of seeing the graves of so many children who died young, probably from diseases that have been nearly eliminated, like scarlet fever.
I believe that restrictions have been in place at newer cemeteries as to markers. This would explain the bland nature of the modern cemetery. The cemetery that you show is truly beautiful and I know from experience it is easy to spend a full day in such a place. You get a real sense of the past and the people who built this nation. Peaceful
Unfortunately, you are mistaken that he is buried there. That is actually another relative’s foot stone. His grave is unmarked, and most historians agree that it is directly behind the obelisk.
THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION
JWB is believed to be buried behind the Booth obelisk.
I keep hearing this and it makes more sense than an actual "unmarked headstone" Booth was buried in an "unmarked grave"
I love how much you love things, things that people don't usually notice.
Pretty sure they call that "autism".
Kenny S You mean an Alabama Tag-team? Sounds like fun, to be honest.
Lord Krythic you're cool bro.
“This graveyard is so beautiful” that is something I never thought I would hear, although I do agree.
Historical graveyards are serene, peaceful and beautiful. I have one from mostly the late 1700s and early 1800s attached to my side yard. It’s wonderful
I love old cemeteries I have always thought that. But maybe I’m just a member of the Addams family 🤷♀️
That’s a nice looking cemetery, I bet the locals are just dying to get in there.
Ha Haha..I see what you did there Michael!
I hear it’s dead quiet this time of year
Not over anyone's dead body, I hope.
Oh dear,oh dear...the comments section has turned ....macabre!
Most of them in Baltimore are murdered and cremated nowadays.
"A coin left on a headstone or at the grave site is meant as a message to
the deceased soldier's family that someone else has visited the grave
to pay respect. Leaving a penny at the grave means simply that you
visited.
A nickel indicates that you and the deceased trained at boot camp
together, while a dime means you served with him in some capacity. By
leaving a quarter at the grave, you are telling the family that you were
with the soldier when he was killed"
Im assuming this is why there are pennies on his gravestone, lincoln just happens to be on the penny though.
thank you for this.
you're welcome
theone2225 If those Pennies we're meant to pay respect, I would have taken them all and thrown them in the spring. You know they hung his mother too, just for owning the house where the murder was planned and knowing their intentions?
They aren't meant to pay respect, just to show they visited. Also they didnt hang John Wilkes Booth's mother that was Mary Surratt who owned the house where they met. She was the one that was killed.
I just always assumed the pennies on Booth's gravestone were people reminding him, even in death, that we still revere Abraham Lincoln enough to put him on our pennies so that his memory lives on, even to this day. lol
These cemeteries are very old. The older gravestones are different than some of today. But they really have a lot of charm and are great educators of part of our nation's history. They are fascinating to look at and read.
that statue of the women ,is the virgin mary standing on the devil.
bern bren are you sure it's Satan? I think it's just one of Hell's serpents she's standing on. Or did Satan act through one of his serpents in Genesis? Your observation was refreshing btw :)
Yeah, it’s based on the Vulgate translation of Genesis 3:15. Mary is often depicted as standing on the head of the serpent.
It’s all based on a fake god anyway. It doesn’t matter.
BULL SHIT BITCH IT IS OBVIOUSLY GENE SIMMONS.
Hey, Bobby. Peyote much?
Joseph Booth was John Wilkes' younger brother. Cora is Joseph's second wife. Richard Booth was John Wilkes' grandfather. John's parents were Junius Brutus Booth Sr and Mary Ann Booth. Often confused to be a marker for John Wilkes, this white stone in the Booth family plot is the foot stone for his sister, Asia Booth Clarke. John Wilkes is buried without any stone. His name does appear on the rear of the Booth obelisk though. ow.ly/NlrGx
So that means poor Asia's had to deal with the occasional visitors taking misplaced tinkles!?
+ION400 I'm going to guess the dead never fuss about the odd golden shower. :P
How are you related as I am a Mitchell also?
Their always have to be one...stop being a Debbie downer let us enjoy it.
@@melbea2770 facts, life is filled with ‘em. Get used to being let down snowflake.
When we passed this at night it looked so awesome. So it's great to see it filmed in the light of day. Very impressive! Thanks
"I believe these were his parents"
His father was 2 years younger than him then :-D
IgnatzKolisch _wut?_
And his mother was born five years after he died. Spooky.
@@SaintSwithinsDay XD
@@SaintSwithinsDay - Exactly what I was thinking! How does that work exactly? 🤔
You were incorrect. His father was Junius Brutus Booth and his mother was Mary Ann Holmes (Booth)
2:25 "Cemeteries just don't look like this anymore, because you don't have artisans who do this kind of work anymore." Lack of skilled stone cutters is not really the the reason. Artistic and dramatic grave stones came into fashion during the Victorian era, when cemeteries were visited as recreation and, in the post Civil War era, American cemeteries reflected the public's fascination with death--they were the original goths, as it were. As that interest faded in the mid 20th century, demand for fancy stones waned.
Cemeteries have been redesigned for ease of maintenance. It is far easier to mow large lawns when the markers are set flush on the ground.
am just glad people havent graffiti'd the entire site. then again i wonder if you asked 100 randomers on the street who JW Booth was, most wouldnt have a clue.
Well I had my 15 minutes quite a while back now.
@4exgold Just wait. I realize it's been 2yrs since this video was made, but I don't remember ever hearing where JWB was buried. This guy gave everything but friggin driving directions, so I'm sure the fanatic Baltimore chapter that we saw shutting highways down & having to be dispersed by National Guard troops would hit this. I mean if they targeted LEE who freed his slaves & never held slavery as a point on why he fought, why wouldn't they go after a guy who shot POTUS hoping to bring it all back
I'm from Australia.First heard of Boothe in the late 70's.
You're correct. That is because an ignorant populace is easier to control than an educated populace. Deliberate "dumbing down" for the future "Amerika".
melthedog-prayn4heavn Dude literally everyone who’s taken US History knows who John Wilkes Booth is. He’s not really someone you can skip over
I think most people are leaving a penny here because of him killing Abe Lincoln; do to the fact that I would doubt any of his friends or acquaintances are still alive.I like the fact his stone sits all alone away from the rest of the family. Makes me personally think the family was ashamed of him and his actions. I'm surprised he was buried in the family plot at all.
01sarah29 no known stone in this plot. Relatives do not believe he is in this plot, or in this cemetary. We are not sure if anyone is buried here, except for all the people you see, and the coffin of the 4 siblings that past early in life. Sad to have no control over the life of your loved ones. His Father, is my Great Great Great Grandfater, my great great Grandmother, Jane Booth Mitchell, is the Aunt of JWB, and Cora Mitchell Booth, the Mother of baby Thomas Booth and wife of Joseph Booth is my great Aunt, and my Grandmothers sister.
While we are totally ashamed of his actions, he is still a main member of the Family Booth, forever known as THE FIRST FAMILY OF THE AMERICAN THEATURE.
@Joanne Hulme -- Woah, I just saw you on a video about Booth from The Verge. My sincerest condolences for that dark stain on your family history. Are you still pushing to have the body that's _supposedly_ JWB exhumed and DNA tested? It would be such a relief to finally have those theories put to rest once and for all.
+Jenya March You’re not the only one hoping for that. It’s about time they debunked those ridiculous conspiracy theories once and for all. Booth’s body was viewed and positively identified by his mother, sister, brother, dentist, and several friends. I doubt a mother wouldn’t be able to recognize her son.
“Reasonable expression”? He’s pissed off by the idea the African Americans will have citizenship! Are you illiterate, or just incredibly stupid? Booth was no hero. He died as he lived: a pathetic, racist, worthless piece of shit, whose own family didn’t even bother to mark the final resting place of his worthless carcass.
Actually, that’s not where Booth is buried. That’s his sisters foot stone that for some reason myth keeps visitors believing it is. The family felt it would illicit vandalism if his plot was marked so they didn’t put up a stone at all. According to some sources, he lays behind the main family monument.
You're wrong about John Wilkes grave. I was told by a couple who actually know. He's buried behind the giant monument, unmarked. That white stone, is the foot stone to his sister's grave.
BITCH SHUT THE FUCK UP AINT NO ONE TOLD YOU SHIT YOU LYING SON OF A BITCH
@@retiredbob lol
Lol damn bob. 😂😂😂😂
@@retiredbob best comment ever
Wow Bob 😂 its correct though. Booth was placed in an unmarked grave...
The Booth family were all accomplished actors and it was John's brother Edwin who in fact saved President Lincoln's son Robert Lincoln's life in Passaic New Jersey by pulling him to safety by an incoming train after Robert tripped over his bag and fell into a railway pit. After the assassination of Lincoln Edwin quit acting out of shame his brother brought upon him. Many years later he made a comeback.
Creepy knowing we are all going to be in a grave one day. Life just to short 😩
Flo Green but it gives lives a whole lot of value. I'd prefer to have my ashes scattered somewhere beautiful personally lol
Why is that funny?
Yes.. Really funny
If you lived eternity, your life is not great.
@@tygrenvoltaris4782 For unimagitive and for those who don't get pleasure people ;)
All the more impressive that much of the carving then was done by hand.
Dan, Green Mount Cemetery is a classic example of the Rural Cemetery Movement that occurred between the 1830s-1890s. These cemeteries were inspired by the creation of Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. The first "rural cemetery" in America was Mount Auburn near Cambridge, MA. Others quickly followed, Laurel Hill in Philadelphia, Green-Wood in Brooklyn, and Woodlawn in the Bronx. Look up info on "Rural Cemetery Movement;" I think you will find quite interesting information.
I been living in Baltimore for 55years I never knew this...thanks for sharing
The real Booths grave is unmarked......
I just love old cemeteries like that...they really are beautiful.
Great video thank u...I like how you pointed down & said-Right down there-😂LOVE the Lincoln pennies!!
Too bad that the commentator was WRONG about quite a few things!
I've been reading my lineages and Mr. Booth is a distant relative! Kind of coool.
Trolley The Troll oh don't make me hop on....
He's a distant relative of mine as well.
He was also a distant relative of my grandmother's sister's cousins uncle's best friend.
I recall having read in the book "Twenty Days" that Booth supposedly was wrapped in canvas and weighted with cannon balls and buried in the Potomac River. Perhaps this is just another situation that we will never know for sure.
His parents names were
Father:Junius Brutus Booth
Mother: Mary Ann Holmes
Junius Brutus Booth was father to both John Wilkes and Edwin Booth.
Junius & Mary Booth's graves appear at 3:20
Yes he was. Jackie Booth Farrow
I lived in Jackson Missouri once. And at the police station there was a toumstone of someone who died in 1859, it was apparently vandalized and broken off and the police station had it in the back of the building right by where the graveyard was. And I couldn't believe the police were just keeping it there couldn't they have taken a Walk thru the cemetery to see what grave it belonged to, and see if it could have somehow could have been repaired. It was despicable to me the cops could have done something.
I just looked it up on Wiki. Junius Brutus Booth and Mary Ann Holmes Booth were the parents of John Wilkes Booth, so you showed their headstones at about 3:20 into the video.
I think it's ironic that his father's middle name was Brutus.
And I love the Lincoln pennies all over his tombstone. So fitting!
He was named after one of the assassins of Julius Caesar, Marcus Junius Brutus, aka "Brutus".
he doesnt have a headstone none what so ever the penny's are being put at the footstone of his sister's grave!
Wind noise was very distracting. You might want to do a little research. John Wilkes Booth parents were British actor Junius Booth and Mary Ann (much younger actress and they were not married). Junius Booth was married to a woman in England.
There's a tradition of counteracting the bad juju at the grave by placing Lincoln head pennies face up on the headstones to "lock the assassin in the ground."
I have no tears for John Wilkes Booth.
Why?
EpicFace8558 Because killed Abraham Lincoln
I have no tears for the trader Lincoln ,,, !!!!!!
EpicFace8558 you have trouble with U.S history
Chris Mc Evoy then you're a loser
The Saint with the serpent under her foot is Saint Martha. JWB was the son of the Shakespearean actorJunius Brutus Booth, whose name appears on both the obelisk and a stone in this video. His brother referred to by others here was his brother, the actor Edwin Booth. Like the Barrymores, theater was the family business. The cemetery is also festooned with many stones that attest to the Greek cemetery movement, which effected the way stones were sculpted in graveyards all up and down the east coast in that period. The historian Gary Wills has written pretty marvelously about it in his "Lincoln at Gettysburg", which chronicles the roots of the poetry/school of rhetoric that led to the crafting of the Gettysburg address. A worthy and fascinating read.
"If your ever in Baltimore and wanna check out just a really cool cemetery."
From what I've heard about Baltimore you could end up staying at the graveyard .
@@timothyantoine914 no shit.. was at the "nice" part of town the other day and piles of trash and filth everywhere..
In a very dangerous part of town.....very dangerous.
I am from Baltimore. Chubby (Norman Chancy) from the Little Rascals is also buried in the graveyard at the top the hill. Poor guy was only 21 years old when he died.
Ironically, Chubby's predecessor from the silent era, Joe Cobb, lived to old age, passing away in 2002.
Always respectfully done. Thank u
I too enjoy amazing and beautiful artwork on tombstones---Woodlawn in Brooklyn NY is unbelievable---you could spend wks checking that place out. Great vlog--thank you, enjoy watching them !
Why show the grave of a coward who snuck up behind a man & shot him in the head without being able to defend himself? A great man no less.
Lincoln was a bloody war criminal. He deserved far worse.
@Fishing God His only goal was to keep the union together by any means necessary and said so many times. Southern cities were bombarded killing men women and children southerners were summarily executed livestock killed crops destroyed homes burned. He and his army were bloody war criminals especially him.
I honestly hope you are kidding when you suggest that Booth was a great man !
Its not a great man who shoots someone from behind .
@Fishing God It won't be a civil war , it's gonna be a racial war unfortunately .
In 244 years this country has learned nothing from its past .
This country has all kinds of history , good & bad . You can take down statues & monuments . But it doesn't erase the history .
Nobody alive today had anything to do with what happened durning the civil war . But WE all know the issues and what they are and we ALL need to do our part to make this country better , no matter our gender or race are where we come from originally.
We are a nation made up of immigrants . Somewhere along the way , the people of this country need to remember that .
@Fishing God
You've answered your own question .
To my point that none of us has anything to do with what's happened in the past , but we all can make a difference now and in the future by being a little more understanding towards each other.
Now as I said you answered your own question .
This country is a country of opportunity . And your neighbor has moved here and has made a good life for himself and that's what this country is all about .
i've worked in cemeteries my entire life. i'm 56, cemtery spring water is the best water i've ever drank. truth
I'm related to john wilkes booth. Edwin booth is my 4 great grandfather
I heard Edwin was a good man he had saved Robert Lincoln life once. Iam very sorry he had endure scrutiny by the public for awhile because of shame disgrace and embarrassment of what his brother had did to him and rest of the Booth family members I can't even imagine what they had to go thru the rest of their lives what the shame disgrace and embarrassment John Wilkes Booth did to his family that wasn't fair to them who were also victims in this historic tragedy.
I like springs . So pretty. Thanks for sharing.
next time i'm in Baltimore i'll try to visit there between my mugging and my car-jacking
Thanks Dan. That is an interesting clip. John Wilkes Booth's father was Junius Brutus Booth. They were a famous family. That night at Ford's Theater, everyone knew Mr. Wilkes Booth. He was a VIP, there with his bride to be, Lucy Hale. Mr Lincoln knew who he was. In possession of a loaded gun, John Wilkes Booth walked past everyone on his way up to the President's booth. If Mr Booth had his say, I think he would rather have folks putting Lincoln, five dollar bills on his grave. That way he could get something to drink.
thats asia booth's foot stone, not john wilkes's headstone
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.. I HAVE BEEN THERE MYSELF ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO. AWESOME PLACE!
I love the scrolls! Are they cast concrete or carved marble? I would love to see a tour showing all the different kinds of really beautiful tomb stones .
Just catching up on some of your work. You visit the most interesting places. Keep up the good work!
We have a cool cemetery like that here in alabama where hank williams is buried
The stone you pointed to is a footstone for another family member. It's the footstone that goes with the headstone with the cross and scroll you showed at the end; it's the feet end of a woman's grave. John Wilkes Booth is in an unmarked grave back behind the obelisk.
For a split second, I thought his grave was in the drain (at the beginning of the video). Lol
Yeah, I wondered why that was even focused on at all. Yes, it’s a bit unusual to have a spring in a cemetery, but honestly, why is it enough of a big deal to even mention?
Lol
i love the old world art so much was put into the design so much love and dedication
That is not John Wilkes Grave. Thats a footstone..Booth is beind the obelisk, unmarked.
BITCH YOU DONT KNOW SHIT SHUT THE FUCK UP
@@retiredbob calm down there killer
Very cool! Thanks for sharing! You took me to a place that I would not have seen in my life.
She's stepping on the serpent Satan.
John Doe Satan isn't a serpent in true form, he's the corrupted, Fallen angel Lucifer, but appeared in the garden as a serpent resting on one of the tree of knowledge's branches.
John Doe but you're more or less right my friend, sorry if I seemed rude btw
What people think is the unmarked headstone of John Wilkes Booth, is actually the unmarked footstone of his sister Asia, who was the wife to actor John S. Clarke.
John Wilkes Booth, was buried behind the obelist.
You are correct
Wind protector for your mic dawg
That cemetery is massive!
At 2:22...the statue is the Blessed Mother...crushing satan's head...very Catholic statue.
Maryland is a Catholic-predominant state.
I believe it is Scriptural, Jesus crushing the head of satan.
one side note: I once went to the old athens, ga. cemetery across from sanford stadium, at night... I wanted to find the grave of ricky wilson; I soon realized what a HUGE place it was, and despaired of finding his grave...the only thing I knew was that his gravestone was a waist-high pyramid. I decided to let my feet just go where they would...I walked across a small bridge, then straight over a low hill, and walked right to it, found it about midnight...it was so dark that I almost fell into a freshly dug grave, too. I guess it was luck, but I choose to believe it was a little miracle; on one side it has engraved the musical notes to 'rock lobster'...!
John Wilkes booth is my 5th great uncle crazy right
Spot the Doberman Mhm did you look at you're DNA? oh wait you didn't stop lieing if you are in the booth family what is your last name lmao
How are you related?
Ryan Barker
Its lying
Ryan Barker
What the fuck is your problem?
Ryan Barker barker lmao, it’s never gonna be booth again lol
I'm loving your 2nd channel , cool videos 👍🏻
Bury him with his family and have no judgement. That is up to God.
George Vreeland Hill Since there is no god, I’ll judge the murderer of Lincoln. He’s guilty and it’s good that he is dead.
MINIFINGER MADNESS If he is real, he is an evil fucker not worthy of worship. However, I know he is fake. No cause to plead.
MINIFINGER MADNESS: No, gods aren't real. No matter how much you buy into it, it doesn't change the fact that there are no gods.
"please love him" Why? Even if a god existed, if it created me solely to worship it forever, it has an amazingly small egotistical mind. That alone would make it not worth worshiping (not to mention the condoning of murder, rape, slavery, etc.).
He needs to be judged here. God doesn't exist.
James, fuck lincoln ! Do your research that's been hidden, not using google ! He was a piece of traitor shit !
I like that you like history, you just don't walk around filming just to film and state that your not sure of this or that. People don't care about history anymore.
I love how he has the most pathetic headstone in the family
At least he has one. Oswald’s grave is unmarked.
Booth's grave is unmarked. The narrator of this video doesn't know what he is talking about!
except it isnt his headstone it is the foot of his sisters grave john doesnt have one
jwb doesnt have one and oswald as a cheap one in his place@@warrennotes3575
You know the sad part is, he didn't had to do what he did, but he killed Lincoln. Not only Lincolns family suffered but his family suffered too after his actions, His brothers acting career never achieved success all because they shared the same last name. In the end, Lincoln's legacy lives on and so those booth's (just not too much)
Your history is off, good effort though. JWB does not have a marker at the family plot, he is buried behind monument for his parents. The little markers are actually foot markers for the person resting there; some actually have the initials on them.
he deserves a national holiday. my hero.
Agreed
4:30 That's the most disrespectful thing I've ever seen people do to an assassins grave 🤣
Hey Dan, big fan! I'm from NY, and I went to go visit my buddy in Virginia. On the way back to NY I decided to drive to Baltimore to see John Wilkes Booths grave. Unfortunately when I got here the entrance was locked up and I could not get in, and this was around 2:30pm on a Monday. I was a little disappointed because I love history and have wanted to see Johns' grave for a while. Maybe next time I will be able to see it.
God bless John Wilkes Booth!
Throw communists out of helicopters Get a life
You're the one crying about a comment on the internet that you disagree with. So if anyone doesn't have a life, it's you.
Throw communists out of helicopters You support a guy who murdered one of the best presidents in this country’s history. Again.....get a life
You just showed how ignorant you are of the history of our country. Ironic.
Agreed
There is still art in the Monument Companies, most of it is drawn digitally. I live near the Wichita Mountain chain in Oklahoma where they mine granite, and there are many many many monument companies here with art comparable to the 18th centuries that was still being produced by hand even 10 years ago. So yeah there are many very talented individual artists working for monument companies and is still a very very professional art form.
Rest in Peace. Lincolns tyranny was at last cut short by your brave deed! Lincoln had to account for the war he waged against his own people. Lincoln's name should live in everlasting infamy for the hundreds of thousands that died needlessly. Alas, your grave is neglected and your good name insulted but your words will echo into history. Sic semper tyrannis!
amazing skill and workmanship in those days...you have to appreciate it...great vid 👍
The statue is not a she, he is Jesus holding his foot upon the serpent.
nope. it's Mary.
nope, it's Jesus. Mary was mortal and could not triumph over the serpent.
LMAO wrong. look it up, silly
jesus standing on a snake isn't even a thing. if you look it up, all the articles are about Mary.
owensborocatholicradio.com/1210/catholic-qa-80-why-is-the-blessed-virgin-mary-sometimes-seen-standing-on-a-snake/
They probably were afraid people would dig him up. I’ve never seen those scrolls anywhere else. They are beautiful.
last Cemetery of its kind
Traditionally it is NOT an insult to leave a penny on a gravestone. It is in fact a sign of respect and commemoration. The fact that it is a Lincoln head penny? Well that is the only penny in common circulation. It comes from Military Tradition. When visiting a fallen soldiers grave you leave a penny. A nickel if you served in the same War as the fallen soldier; a dime if you served in the same unit as he and a Quarter if you served in the same battle or if you were with him when he died. Leaving the penny of the grave of John WIlks Booth means those are from people who recognize that Booth died in service to his country, The Confederacy. If I were there I too would leave a Penny out of respect for a fallen solder, regardless of what side of the war he fought on. I do this when visiting the graves of fellow solders.
A lot of people died to get there
HAH!
Har har har
Yeah I did too
Thank you for showing us.
I'd relive myself on johns headstone
Can't wait to do the same to Obama!
New sub here...love both of your channels!
3:41 RAB Harry Potter fans???
spotted that too!
I believe descendants of confederate soldiers leave the coins. It has certain meanings. Not hate but respect. And this is not johns grave its his sister's Flintstone. John is buried unmarked behind the large monument
Too bad that cemetery is sitting in one of the worst areas of Baltimore, I doubt the coins left on that tombstone will be there long.
Tudor Hall in Harford County north of Bel Air Maryland is where Booths home is located.....it is open to the public and has a eerie feel to it.....
I love the irony of leaving pennies.
Not really that ironic since that's not actually his grave...
didn't know about the pennies, very cool...I guess the message is 'you can blow out his candle, but you can't blow out a bright fire"!
John Wilkes Boothe did nothing wrong.
Joseph Adrian was John's youngest brother. Cora was a sister-in-law. Junius Brutus and Mary Ann were his parents. Rosalie was his oldest sister. Where the pennies are is the footstone of his sister Asia's grave. John Wilkes is buried in an unmarked spot behind the obelisk along with 3 other siblings, Frederick, Mary Ann, and Elizabeth......who died at young ages before he was born.