This spotlight video shines a light on General & politician John A. Logan & his true story of redemption. Learn about the man who made Memorial Day a national holiday & the whole history behind the day we set aside each year to honor those brave men & women who died serving their country.

The Recap & Deep Dive for Manhunt Episode 5, "A Man of Destiny," Part One is completed. There was so much in this episode that I decided to split it in two. Part One covers Booth & Herold getting to Virginia & the whole background of 40 acres & a mule. Part Two coming soon!

A happy 202nd birthday to the General who helped save the Union, Ulysses S. Grant. To honor President & General Grant's birthday, this video spotlights the places I've visited in an effort to retrace Grant's life. I still have many more to go, but each year I visit a few more. What is your favorite Grant historical site?

Took a break from video-making yesterday, and because of my love for taking random back roads we came across the Simpsonville Massacre memorial site west of Simpsonville, KY. I had known of this event, but random fate finally put me where it occurred. It was great to see new wreaths, flags, a cross, and even a little "I served" veteran rubber duck left at the memorial. These men proudly served their country & deserved so much more.

159 years ago today, an actor named John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln. It was the second attempted assassination on a President (the first was Andrew Jackson), but the first one to unfortunately succeed. This is a short video on the 1860 election, the threats to Lincoln once he won in 1860, the threats he had during his Presidency, his assassination, and his death. This is an extended clip from a future video, an historical spotlight video on the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, coming May 2024.

The Recap & Deep Dive for Manhunt Episode 4, "The Secret Line," is finally completed! This was the most fictitious episode & it quickly noted so many different historical events that it made this video the hardest of all of them to complete. This is not just a recap, but a complete deep dive into the various themes the episode briefly covered: The Manhattan Fire Plot, the Dahlgren Scandal, the Confederate yellow fever plot, the relationships of Edwin Booth/John Wilkes Booth, Mary Lincoln/Robert Lincoln, and more. I'm off to work on episode 5, which should be a lot easier as it largely focuses on the hunt.

This episode took me forever to recap! There are so many little things, and I know it's just getting more confusing by the episode based on some of the feedback I've received. This recap will hopefully help you connect the pieces, but I also have included some information on what really happened when it comes to some of the people & events shown in this episode. I'm still working on Fact vs Fiction videos for Episodes 1 & 2, but because the timeline is so all over the place, from now on I'll be doing recaps & providing facts in the same video. Off to work on Episode 4!

John Wilkes Booth & his family, including his father Junius Brutus Booth, mother Mary Ann, & brother Edwin Booth; Tammany Hall is the hot spot for Democrats trying to support President Buchanan's desire to purchase Cuba from Spain for $30 million; freedom seeker Joshua Glover, abolitionist Sherman Booth, & the Supreme Court re: Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

As promised, here is the recap for Manhunt episode 2 titled "Post Mortem," I tried to keep it short but it was impossible. The story had so many micro-scenes with all of these little things they wanted the viewers to know, and in the process I'm guessing they confused a lot of people. Even my wonderful husband who has heard the audiobook at least 4 times - and has to listen to me talk all the time about the assassination - was confused. That's not at all a good sign. Hopefully this will help people understand the players & scenes a little better. Next I'll be working on my facts vs fiction videos for each episode, so be on the lookout for those!

As I mentioned last week, I've been a longtime fan of the book "Manhunt" is based on, and I'm so excited to see the first two episodes drop. Here is the recap for episode one. Episode two will be following later today or tomorrow.