Last Witness to Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've Got a Secret game show. Mr. Seymour (March 28, 1860 - April 12, 1956) was actually 95 years of age at the time of this appearance instead of 96.
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[@michaelastorga3187]

This man went from witness Lincoln death to end of the old west through Histories 2 World Wars. From horses to automobiles and TV. That's living a full life

[@rayjr62]

And don't forget the Blacksmith, the Cooper, the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, The discovery of Gold in California and the Great Cabbage Fart Panic of 1881. Imagine that.

[@GilliganMGCrebs]

And he lived through a real pandemic of the spanish flu that actually killed healthy young people for a total world wide death toll 3 times as much than our "pandemic" which largely was only fatal to the elderly and unhealthy people at a time when the population of the world was 1/6 of the population now, he lived through the economic depression of 1920 and the great depression of 1929.

[@SteveinSanFrancisco]

​@Gilligan M.G. Crebs lol... ok Karen

[@samstrain]

We are slightly more medically advanced but okay

[@stevensteven3417]

I witnessed the rise of the Internet and smartphones, soon the rise of AI and will go out with a Bang in the upcoming WWIII.

[@garydunn5797]

History is closer to us than we thought. This man made it from horse and buggy days to modern television times.

[@notmefrfr]

His voice and image have made it over 150 years to the modern internet times

[@Ericsaidful]

History is closer than we thought? 150 years is nothing, even in a human time scale. Humanoids are 2.5 million years old. We all like to pretend, because we are taught to do so, that change is fast. Well, in the grand scheme of things it isn't.

[@thenickli]

The Amish are in both

[@calken546]

A great time to be alive he saw the Car, the Airplane and Television.

[@Wavezone304]

Hard to believe we have people cutting off their private parts these days

[@Luna-ii4mx]

Im glad he didnt miss the show, he made history

[@AR-Exp]

These days folks don't leave the house if they spot a zit on their forehead

[@thebigpicture2032]

Sadly he never fully recovered from the fall and died a few weeks later.

[@TooCool4You69]

He was closer to death from fell down stair but got crit injury and died later on.. if he cancel the show because of fell down he wouldn’t make it to tell the tale..

[@jessicahannah2522]

How did he make history by being on the show?

[@Budbrothers420]

@@jessicahannah2522 because the life he had what he went through and saw if you can’t understand the beauty of that can’t really explain it better

[@reaccionapuertorico]

96yo man fell down the stairs, got up and walked to a tv show the next day, respect.

[@chelyalynniyah1997]

People, from those days, were made from a different cloth. If we did the same exact thing today, we would have not survived.

[@MrJx4000]

And was as sharp as tack.

[@MrImadummy]

​@@chelyalynniyah1997 speak for yourself

[@someguy892]

Natural selection really. The guy grew up in a world without antibiotics, modern medicine or worker safety laws. If the man wasn't harder than concrete he would died decades ago.

[@Nonduality]

I witnessed his falling down the stairs.

[@horsegonewild]

My husband’s grandfather was born in 1896. He was a blacksmith and lived well over 100 years. He was the most interesting person to listen to. In his lifetime he saw technology grow by leaps and bounds. He made all the old wrought iron fixtures in Seattle. In fact they are still there in pioneer square. From electricity, phones, vehicles and space technology, he saw it all. He would slowly shake his head and say “I don’t understand what the world is coming too.” Young boys being disrespectful to their parents really bothered him.

[@bobsaget9717]

Old folks new all about respect

[@homebodyheaven6114]

Interesting that these men lived so long before everyone started getting va xinated all the time.

[@ryanm2148]

Someone said loosely one time we will never be as good as our fathers they were never as good as there fathers and they would never be as good as there fathers before them it’s just the way life works

[@breathedeepnow1]

They do not make things like they used to. I live out here near historical Annapolis Maryland and there’s a lot of wrought iron work and I just love it. Nowadays, when they build homes, they just light weaker aluminum product or hard Vynal railing 😫

[@AnalogX64]

I was born in the 70s. Internet, Sell Phones were not a common thing. So similar I've seen technology grow by leaps and bounds.

[@charmainecox8600]

This made me cry in so many ways. First being five years old witnessed a horrible historical incident, second he fell down the stairs at 96 and still came to the show with his story and third that they gave him the money anyway because he came to tell his story. I applaud all thee above

[@rambles2727]

They were just built different back then i guess

[@adamandrews4107]

He got a can of Prince Albert tobacco to boot!

[@namedfcsssdff]

Three years

[@beegee7573]

Stfu. sensitive

[@sinbadsailor1963]

Don't be so gullible.

[@holidayin7962]

I love how gentle and kind they were to this sweet old man.

[@thedawg2023]

Me too. Back then they really knew how to respect their elders!!

[@darklex5150]

​@@thedawg2023bruh we Still do.

[@nanashi7779]

@@darklex5150 If we still do, it's becoming decreasingly clear that its so

[@darklex5150]

@@nanashi7779 we respect our elders as much as any generation, there are 8 billion humans in the world, some treat their elders with respect and care, others don't. It's not a "nowadays" thing.

[@nanashi7779]

@@darklex5150 You're right, saying "nowadays" is a massive overgeneralisation and inaccurate. It depends with society, I apologise for being unclear in my last comment

[@roccoholt1733]

1860-1950’s is such an insane time frame, so much experience so much advancement as a human race in that time.

[@patrickstockton2091]

Prolly doing a sequel to ALL THE PRETTY HORSES...

[@walkaway7301]

The old man died two months after this was filmed. Amazing.

[@shindama]

Probably died of a subdural

[@stevedavidson5038]

I hope he spent that $80 well.

[@phantomlord5707]

why amazing??

[@theoneandonly1158]

Due to the fall maybe. Hard to recover.

[@Aventagatti123]

@@phantomlord5707 I'm late, but it isn't amazing that he passed obviously. Its amazing that we have the voice and film of a person who witnessed such a significant moment in history. If he were to have died a few days sooner, we wouldn't have this incredible story on film.

[@sydneykendall7125]

His age gave it away. Fun to see someone who was alive to see Abraham Lincoln. My great grandma was about 102 when I was 9 or 10, which means she was born around 1863. When you look at it that way, doesn't seem so long ago.

[@youknow227]

Not even a quarter of a millennium

[@x0539p]

The closest thing to a time machine is video recordings of life way back when. We are very fortunate to live in today’s time with all of the modern technologies and access to everything you could imagine at your finger tips. This gentleman could not imagine that his video recording would be accessible to the whole world and we get to learn from it his experience. Thanks for sharing.

[@thewewguy8t88]

hey here is an interesting thought but is anyone who was on this episode who is still alive.(maybe if anyone was in their 30s or 20s but they look a bit older then that its hard to tell)

[@Skorpio420]

What's sad is how many of these recordings have been lost to time due to degradation, taped over, or just flat out lost.

[@jessielovesdogs3272]

I’m so glad this game show contacted this gentleman to tell his story. How neat. I’ve always been a huge Lincoln fan. Since I was a little girl growing up in Springfield, IL.

[@mazmonte77]

Have you check ' The Portable Lincoln?' It's an amazing portable compendium of his speeches and correspondences. I am a big fan and admirer, born in Havana , though.

[@behindthen0thing525]

Oh ok

[@fetusgrinderofficial5923]

mindblowing

[@terrybrown3224]

After digging deep into lincoln I suggest people read up on the Douglass Lincoln debates. You will see 2 men one pro slavery one not depending on the audience. Research don't regurgitate. Great program this was.

[@marcietorrence5361]

Lincoln was a murderer, openly hated by his wife. The slaves could have been sent back or made into share croppers, but Lincoln was a blood-rhirsty criminal who wanted the spoils of War. We still hate Abe in the South. It wasn't that long ago.. I wanted to inherit an antu-bellum house, but Abe burned it down!!!!!!

[@blackcatnh]

The older folks aboard Titanic (1912) witnessed the Civil War and Lincoln's assassination. Harriet Tubman was still alive. Many younger adults on the ship lived to see the Boeing 707 replace the steamship age of world travel. The youngest survivors of the shipwreck witnessed the first iPhone before they passed away. That's "Elapsed time from Marconi Wireless Telegraph to Wireless smartphone: 1 human lifetime." Aboard the ship it was possible for someone who remembered Lincoln to shake hands with someone who would see the first iPhone. When the ship sailed in 1912, there were still a few people who were born before the U.S. Founding Fathers were completely gone. They had witnessed the creation of mass transit (steam trains), the first mass-produced airplane (Wright Aircraft, Model B Flyer), and saw the first telecommunications (electric telegraph) become mass telecommunications (radio telegraph). At the time, engineers were looking for ways to make the airwaves carry sounds and pictures, not just beeps ("Tele-Vision" was in development, only needed another 10 years, but the average person's ability to get one was delayed by the Great Depression and WW2). The last surviving Founding Father of the USA could have met a baby who would live to see the invention of technology that would change the way voters would interact with the new government and its elections. Just one human lifetime.

[@jdw12jdw12]

Which founding father of the USA wasstill alive in 1912?

[@dylanstott8787]

@@jdw12jdw12 A kid who met a founding father around 1800ish could be an old person on the titanic. But maybe you’re trolling idk

[@r2hammer]

James Madison died in 1836.... Last Major Founding Father. It is possible a kid who met him would have still lived in 1912 and been in their 80's or 90's. It is possible :-)

[@j10001]

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died in 1825. Someone near 90 years old in 1912 might have met one of them as a toddler.

[@beastabuelos6421]

The iphone wasn't the first smart phone and those that think it is know nothing of the history of the smart phone

[@josephmorse4318]

Talk to old people. Befriend them. My grand uncle was 97 when he passed. He was 45 with a M*A*S*H unit on the heels of the Normandy invasion. Heard stories you'd never hear in history books. He was chock full of wisdom too. They say when an old person dies, it's as if a library burned down. I miss him a lot.

[@thecrazycrossstitchlady]

I share Lincoln’s hometown in Kentucky. He’s also my favorite president. I’ve seen this clip numerous times and it never fails to move me. What a strong man to be that age, fall and get hurt, and STILL go on the show. I would’ve enjoyed being in the audience that night. You can tell that the panelists were showing respect for him, and I love it that my favorite actress, Lucille Ball, was a guest panelist that evening. So much to love about this clip! Thank you for sharing it!

[@ricoz2016]

I know right? Today what passes for men would have been looking to sue lol

[@g.davidlawrence8471]

Hodgenville. His grandfather was my 6x great-grandfather's brother. Love the history...

[@thecrazycrossstitchlady]

I appreciate that you know that. Too many people would have said Springfield.

[@jamesc8259]

@@thecrazycrossstitchlady I like Lincoln too. I read that Lincoln was an amazing wrestler. I got to visit the David Wills House in Gettysburg.

[@thecrazycrossstitchlady]

@@jamesc8259 Yes, he was. Gettysburg is a wonderful town. Glad you got to visit! Lincoln was also fascinated with gadgets and technology. I think computers, and now the widespread use of video conferencing tools to chat live with people around the world, would have been right down his alley. 😊

[@Katwoman4318]

Scarred at the age of 5 & carried this trauma for 91 years. Thank you Mr. Seymour and Rest in Paradise.

[@tidespath2240]

Just seeing something is not trauma, he was more concerned about somebody falling out of the balcony

[@Nicoletheburrito]

Oh brother. 😂

[@josephbingham1255]

He's on Wikipedia. Five years old and in a balcony across the theater from Lincoln's box. Saw Lincoln enter the box. Later heard a shot and saw Lincoln slump. Saw Booth jump and injure himself on the stage. Did not understand what was occurring but was concerned for the man who hurt himself landing on the stage.

[@RickSimmons-ej1pv]

His parents had to attend a function that night, and his governess offered to take him with her to see a comedy at Ford's. Said that there was chaos in the theater, and he was not sure what had fully happened when Booth fell.

[@Soulbrothersunny]

I’m 26, and my father was born in 1952. Blows my mind to think there were still witnesses of Abe Lincoln’s murder alive during my dads life time. Cute (and very resilient) old man.

[@thegreatapple9616]

why would you call your dad cute?

[@Soulbrothersunny]

@@thegreatapple9616 was calling the old man in the video cute.

[@ChefDuane]

Our history is so short we don't realize just how close it is. My mother-in-law was born in 1923 and she's still alive and doing well this 21st of May 2023. She was a bounding little girl of 6 years old when Wyatt Earp died in LA in 1929. I told her that once and she said "I know. Don't remind me!" LOL!!

[@jamesbarnard9710]

My father served in WWII with a man whose grandfather was in the bedroom when Lincoln died. James Tanner had lost both legs in the Civil War, and was working for the Ordnance Dept. office in Washington. He and a lieutenant had gone to the theater across from Ford's Theater, when it was announced that Lincoln had been shot, and everyone was to leave that theater. The lieutenant remained in the street, while Tanner went to his room on the third floor of a rooming house. (Nice lodgings for a double amputee.) Down in the street, someone came out of the same rooming house and asked the lieutenant if he could take shorthand. "No," he replied, "but my friend Jim Tanner can." They went upstairs and got James Tanner and took him to the bedroom on the lower floor, where Abraham Lincoln lay mortally wounded. Everything we know about what happened in that room is because Tanner took it down and later transcribed it. The only thing that he couldn't record was after Lincoln died and a chaplain offered up a prayer. Tanner's pencil broke and he didn't have another!

[@kennyfresquez7019]

What a trooper. Older than dirt, fresh off of a fall and head trauma, and STILL gets on the stage to allow people to witness the last witness of a historical tragedy.

[@mazmonte77]

Just amazing!!!! To be able to see on a screen, not just a picture, but a picture with audio and with motion of the last witness of such event shows us how close from us ( chronologically speaking) is the person of Lincoln.

[@stevedavidson5038]

Not to mention there are still loads of people alive today who probably watched this video on TV when it aired. Meaning we're actually less than two full human lifespans away from Lincoln which is even more insane!

[@Rms_Titanic-1912]

I looked up this person his name is Samuel j Seymour he was the old man in the video and he actually died 2 months after being interviewed on this broadcast

[@trekkiejunk]

I feel the same way when i look at human history in general. Someone once likened the history of the Earth to the length of a human arm. It was something like...Shoulder to mid-forearm, there was no life. From there to the wrist was single-celled life. Down to the second knuckle is the age of the dinosaurs, That last little nub is the rise of mammals, and finally, all of human history is washed away with one stroke of a file on a fingernail.

[@harrymandel1663]

It's like a time machine

[@thewewguy8t88]

@@stevedavidson5038 yeah what interests me though is anyone who appeared on this episode who are still alive.

[@vitorferreirapecanha1767]

It's like some people are saying in the comments, history is closer to us than we think. I had this reality check when I watched a brazilian TV show from the 80s. The interviewee was a 116 year old, I think. He was an old man who saw history, he saw slavery abolished, he saw the Brazilian Emperor deposed, two world wars, the end of the Soviet Union and the beginning of the internet. In fact, what impressed me the most was hearing him speak in 19th-century Portuguese. It was like listening to someone from the 19th century speak. I am 25 years old and my father is 77, and I feel this closeness to history, because my grandfather was born before the First World War. I'm using a mobile phone, watching the creation of AI's and the first attempts to colonize space, while my grandfather was a "caipira" (it's like a brazilian redneck) who rode horses and had never seen a television in his life. Do you have any idea what that means?

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

I can remember my grandfather telling me about harvesting beans in the Oklahoma panhandle during World War I. All the young men had joined up for the war, so they had to get the old men out of the Confederate rest home to pick the beans to feed the troops. He also remembered his grandfather's Civil War stories very well, and the stories passed down from before about the Trail of Tears.

[@sebu46]

Damn, your dad had you when he was 52? What was that like if you don't mind me asking.

[@user-di4bt7qu2i]

Thanks for telling us your family's story. I don't know how people who live through so much significant change can keep their sanity. It' just wouldn't seem real.

[@vitorferreirapecanha1767]

@@sebu46 I don't know what do you want to say, but, yeah. He was 52, and 57 when had my brother hahahaha

[@vitorferreirapecanha1767]

@@michaelkingsbury4305 Wow, amazing history. It's really cool to have old stories like that in the family, don't you think? My family has stories like that. My grandfather fought in Egypt, before returning to Brazil and having my mother and my aunts. My grandmother (His wife) is granddaughter of a portuguese farmer from the countryside. History is really closer to us that we thought

[@be6715]

Boy, that shiner was probably so very much more! I am glad that they were able to record this, and get his testimony to history.

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

I love this. What history. God bless Mr. Seymour.

[@Meekerextreme]

Wow, that head injury is huge. He took a very hard fall. I see he died a few months later, I wonder if the head injury didn't help but he was 96 years old after all. He got to experience so much. My own Grandmother is 96 now...I should record her telling stories...because they are interesting. I hope to do that this summer when I go see her. Ask about all sorts of things like War's, Politics, Racial Issues, Detroit, MI etc etc. So much stuff that would be interesting not just for family but for everyone so we don't repeat history but learn from it.

[@ricoz2016]

I was thinking that myself about the fall.

[@be6715]

Meeker Extreme I hope you do/did so. My father past in 2020 at 98 - and I think alot about what I should have talked to him about and asked him about. My dad did extremely well until he had a major fall - lived alone and took care of himself. Don't waste any time in talking to your grandmother - especially if she is a Michigander. I'm one too! Covid didn't kill him, but it kept me from seeing him before his accident. Don't delay.

[@TheAidanodian]

It was probably more age related. It would be more expected of a head injury to kill in a couple hours rather than months. It’s amazing the stuff that this man got to see in his lifetime

[@SweetPappyJones]

The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history. We need to ask Jesus for a change of heart, and be reborn and baptized in his name.

[@daylineli]

"War's, Politics, Racial Issues, D e t r o i t," idk why but this made me laugh

[@user-tb4xl3vi6f]

It absoloutley blows me away to see this video does not have over 1 million views. this is actually crazy.

[@scottmmafan925]

Amazing that this man lived long enough to give actual testimony to a hugely important historical event on TV.

[@caroline5421]

Absolutely Amazing!! I love chatting with the elderly, as they are living history books.

[@robertspecht1911]

I remember watching the show that day. It made the event in history come to life at may age then.

[@retriever19golden55]

I know an elderly woman who has many fond memories of her great-uncle Charlie, Charles Windolph...who fought in Reno's hilltop defense while Custer's five companies were being massacred about four miles away.

[@DrMikeOckhertz]

My grandmother was born before the Wright brothers first flew. She lived to watch the TV and see men walk on the moon. Amazing.

[@gemoftheocean]

Same here. My grandmother was born in 1899 and lived to be 91

[@jasonnaugle1600]

Imagine finding the only living witness to such a tragically historic event like this. Truly fascinating!!!

[@Gary-pt2hk]

Tough man. Falls down the stairs at 95 and still goes on television. I am glad he did. I enjoyed the video.

[@vashon100]

96

[@dav090807]

We are 4 generations away from lincoln 1809 his birth 1860 seymores birth 1956 anyone who witnessed this broadcast 2023 anyone of us with a grand parent old enough to tell us of this broadcast We have so little time to impact the world it’s crazy what we achieve in 1 lifetime and videos like this reminds me there is reason to be alive and be a part of our current world

[@stevedavidson5038]

Also, Lincoln was killed 158 years ago, divided by 2 is 78 years, which is the average life span in the US. So we're only 2 lifetimes away from Lincoln. Crazy!

[@wildwoodandonyx]

It’s been more like 8 generations sir.

[@divyanshkachchhava9872]

We are only 5 generations away from 1700s? If you think why I'm saying this? why not?

[@SR_superior_1000]

*8 Gens

[@mrsillytacos]

Actually only 3 from 1790. John Tyler was born then and his Grandson is still alive today.

[@monicawestrn]

Thank you for making this available for everyone. Thank you 🙏

[@mollyreed5943]

Very interesting, but I wish I could've heard Mr. Seymour's account of the experience.

[@John-tp5gc]

He can't remember.

[@HowieHoward-ti3dx]

Molly, since you're black, you would call him racist.

[@marquisejudge8871]

@@HowieHoward-ti3dxu sound dumb right now

[@Glockky]

@@HowieHoward-ti3dx?

[@kwimms]

@@HowieHoward-ti3dx You, Sir, are a racist racist. How dare you!

[@luv2luv720]

The host is So Sweet! He blamed his (Edit: Mr Seymore) deafness on the desks being so far apart.

[@clintonharvey2384]

DAMN 80 DOLLARS?! I can’t even imagine how much that was back then

[@AR-Exp]

Bro you don't even get a full tank of gas for $80 now

[@FollowTheRabbitHole]

About 2000 dollars in buying power of today's dollars. Back then you could bring those bills into the bank and by law they had to redeem them in silver dollars. May be more, because silver dollars have a good return on premiums so maybe around 25$ per silver dollar maybe more, today.

[@RickSimmons-ej1pv]

@@FollowTheRabbitHole Depending on grade, a Morgan silver dollar is going for $40-55 now.

[@gemoftheocean]

@@FollowTheRabbitHole in the US we put the $ sign in FRONT of the amount. We're not Europeans.

[@bucknuts8824]

This channel just continues to astound me

[@masterelectriciananthonywr739]

What a cool old man, excited as hell to be on the game show!

[@Kristinapedia]

I’ve seen this before and it’s nothing short of amazing.

[@IWannatalkpodcast]

I love things like this. You have a great channel here.

[@dsr0116]

This was amazing, first that there was someone old enough to be on a popular TV show and be the only person to have a memory of such a historic event. I don't have much memories from when I was 5, but I can see how he could remember this event. Interesting that it was mainly Booth falling on stage (so after the gunshot and before his statement). I would have thought as a child, he would notice the presidential box (being ornate with all sorts of flags). But then, it was off to the side, so maybe he didn't see it from his vantage point.

[@gabriele9400]

Just unbelievable and historic, thank you Mr Seymour!

[@jonosborn6558]

Thank you for sharing.

[@GorgutsFan1998]

im so glad this channel exists

[@d.g.n9392]

Gosh I haven’t thought about these panelists for years. In those early years of panel shows they were seen so much, their personalities and names were very common. Gary Moore, Henry Morgan, Peggy……., Bill Cullen. Kitty Carlyle,

[@getlostyougoofball]

Peggy Cass

[@XxowendanxX]

They made poor Nipsey Russell get them coffee

[@richardbrowning8221]

Did you leave out Dorothy Kilgallon?

[@d.g.n9392]

@@richardbrowning8221 what a coincidence, last evening my wife and I were talking again about the old shows and my wife mentioned Dorothy Kilgallen, because my wife was describing how the ladies dressed in evening gowns, long gloves and dangling jewelry. We watch lots of the old shows and read about the actors and actresses of the bygone days. 👍

[@briane173]

@@d.g.n9392 Because back in the 50s and early 60s ladies had class and wouldn't dare show up at any event dressed in pajamas and a sports bra.

[@roosterj2599]

This is nothing short of amazing

[@hitekdialect]

Even way back in 1956, I would imagine that was ABSOLUTELY incredible. I hope he was never discredited, because that would be just about the most extraordinary event I could ever recall any living person recalling in my lifetime...and I'm 51.

[@supremefandom6970]

He wasn't discredited because it is 100% fact.

[@tomscott4438]

Still amazing to me that I was 2 years old when someone who saw Lincoln get shot was still alive.

[@Daveskidder-cy3jp]

How old are you now

[@mr.incredible9663]

@@Daveskidder-cy3jp he is 69 years old according to my calculations

[@sqprxs]

@@Daveskidder-cy3jp can't be figured out, you have inquire directly

[@rdelrosso2001]

I was ALMOST two years old ON Feb 8, 1956, when this aired on TV. I was born on June 8th, 1954 !

[@scarbo2229]

Just goes to show how young our country really is.

[@plasteredbastard]

picture in another 30-40 years someone the same age as this man, the last living person to witness the tragedy in dallas that november day appearing on a tv show.

[@Witchofthewoods.]

Awe, he's auch a sweetheart 😮 omg what a thing to witness! Absolutely an amazing historical story and witness to one of the worst political crimes ever committed. RIP Mr. Seymour

[@Maselgamez]

This video genuinely fascinates me each time I watch it.

[@tombasye1016]

That Was Great That Mr. Seymour Came To That Such A Neat Show. And A Witness Of What Happen To A Very Caring And Respectful President Of The United States Of America. God Bless Mr. Seymour And Lincoln Will Never Be Forgotten.

[@HowieHoward-ti3dx]

He should have deported the blacks to Africa. America would be so much beter.

[@heretocomment2337]

Wow, amazing, props to Mr Seymour for appearing on the show. Amazing he remembers a memory from 90 years ago.

[@prchristman]

In the book, "We Saw Lincoln Shot," Mr. Seymour was quoted in a 1950s interview. "When the intermission came Lincoln got up. Mrs. [George S.] Goldsborough [Mr.Seymour's godmother] told me, 'Look he is about to say something.' I think he was standing, not sitting, when he was shot." [Lincoln was actually sitting when Booth shot him.] "There was lots of excitement. People were hollering and screaming and crying. I began to cry and Mrs. Goldsborough took me out of the theater."

[@HowieHoward-ti3dx]

Maybe she saw JWB and thought it was Lincoln and thought he was standing. Or maybe his memory was clouded or maybe the historians are wrong. History is also filled with lies.

[@chuckbelloise2565]

Amazing!!!

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

I’m surprised he’d remember since he was only 5 years old at the time

[@randyrhoads6357]

memory retention takes a huge leap forward at 5 yrs old

[@Rms_Titanic-1912]

It is really amazing that he was only 5 when he saw John Wilkes Booth shoot Abraham Lincoln and still remembered it 91 years later

[@briane173]

My earliest memories go back to around age 3, and some details are very sharp, so it's not beyond the realm of possibility he'd remember this. He might not have _known_ much of the details of the incident but he remembered Booth falling out of the balcony and breaking his leg. I have to imagine that he carried the trauma of that moment throughout his life.

[@RickSimmons-ej1pv]

I very much remember my first day of school (5 years). Certain things can imprint on a young person's brain and be recalled.

[@ambermack4261]

It said the tough generations are all gone or dying. My dad just passed away today Vietnam Vet. Mans man. The way a real man should be. They are all leaving this world. They don't make them like they used to. It's very sad.

[@briane173]

I'm very sorry for your loss, and just as sorry for the current state of affairs you alluded to. A perversion has taken place over the course of just the last 20 or so years, until suddenly we're courting socialism, emasculating men and fathers, and attempting to defy the laws of nature. This, supposedly, is "woke," and if it is I'd just as soon go back to sleep -- and dream of days gone by.

[@tomysoulsociety]

yeah too many men with podcasts nowadays😪 they should go back to witnessing assassinations and dying in wars 🙏🏼

[@alfonsotalamantes7575]

He made history all over again INTERESTING 👍🏻

[@Robman92]

That’s fascinating! And what a fun interested show! Wish it was still on!

[@SeldimSeen1]

Mind blowing that he was in the theater that night.

[@awesomeluis]

"He fell down the stairs and gave himself a shiner." Audience: "Lmao!"

[@ricoz2016]

You heard wrong.

[@HowieHoward-ti3dx]

No, they did not laugh. People had respect in those days.

[@LuisRomero-fc4gx]

This video was amazing to watch.

[@ttr1360]

Just amazing!😗

[@rockinrobin7105]

This is incredible

[@Less1leg2]

Incredible moment really in the mid 1950's to still have a person of the Mid 1800's there to talk about the period before 1900 and specifically seeing the death of Abraham Lincoln. But you know, this is exactly what is happening today with the last of the World War 2 Soldiers. We are about to see the very last of WW2 survivors passing away. Much the way, in the 1950's were were seeing the last of the Civil War survivors.

[@RickSimmons-ej1pv]

As a junior in high school (1968) I witnessed the Veteran's Day parade of some two dozen old WWI vets march down my town's main street. It was the 50th anniversary of the Armistice. They're all gone now.

[@reesedaniel1629]

He's lived on, and will continue to on the internet for infinity

[@LittleTut]

Goodness, that must have been a terrible fall. God bless him. :))

[@bullus41]

Right? According to the dates he passed away 2 months later, could have sped up the inevitable unfortunately.

[@brucedavis191]

the value of that 100$ now is $1045.07. for a retiree no small change. i love this show would just give the money to people that had important stored to tell.

[@olicc]

I'm super impressed they were able to figure out what he saw so quickly.

[@jcrc1]

It almost seemed like they already knew what the secret was beforehand

[@Lord_Bibulous]

His age had to factor in their line of questioning.

[@trekkiejunk]

Also, saying that he witnessed a huge historical event...with his age, an event so large to actually be noted that he was there makes extremely limited options. They probably figured Lincoln before anyone even asked a question.

[@dougdownunder5622]

Back when schools taught logical thinking instead of indoctrination & reasons to hate.

[@dylanjwebmusic]

I was gonna say, they started straight away by asking if it had historical and political significance, and then if it was a well known person, and if the person was president?? Either its a set up or thats insanely lucky

[@michaelb.42112]

This is SO crazy cool !!!!

[@cameroncurrie7208]

Amazing.

[@crescendo5594]

I’m gonna take a shot in the dark and guess this show was sponsored by Winston.

[@guerostaybanned]

gramps was fighter 💪🏼 wouldn’t miss the interview for nothing

[@fredfred976]

This is amazing

[@jeezpeople3672]

The poor guy died less than 2 months after this Interview, it's amazing he was able to come on the show.

[@Meritor15]

Whoever this host is did a fantastic job

[@yvonneplant9434]

Garry Moore who was a well known game show in the 1950s.

[@RickSimmons-ej1pv]

@@yvonneplant9434 A real professional---he knew his business.

[@misskim2058]

They should have let him talk a little more, despite their time constraints, he was kinda cut off there in the intro, it was his story to tell, but still nice to see him. And just in time, he died just afterwards. Hopefully not because of anything to do with his fall.

[@HowieHoward-ti3dx]

Well, time is money. They have to do it fast.

[@Ty_N_KC]

Incredible!

[@WJ_McGurk]

This host was tremendous.

[@biketrailing4277]

1:47 it was very good of Matt Damon to go back to experience this historic moment in person.

[@lestereliza9445]

😂

[@williampalenik7306]

A good episode of a game show of a guy who was there at the the theater when Lincoln was shot

[@Andy-Fox]

Its been soon 160 years since this man was a wittness to that event. How crazy it is to think about.

[@tms268]

I’ve watched this video so many times and I just can’t get over the urge to cry. He was 5 YEARS OLD and witnessed something extremely horrific, then lived through 2 world wars and saw everything change. I feel like he deserved more than $80 dollars but it’s good that they respected him.❤❤❤❤❤😢😢

[@South_centralNewz]

I love watching old footage like this

[@John-tp5gc]

"I'm tired. Just give me the $80 so I can get out of here."

[@diamondleigh7280]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 May all these people Rest In Peace 🕊️🕊️ 🕊️🙏🏽

[@rotunda57]

Jane Meadows was the last to go in 2015, she made 95.

[@peggythompson8120]

It was special seeing this bit of history. My grandparents taught me so much about life growing up I the late 1800s. So much respect for those people. If only we had more of that in our shallow world today.

[@FreddyFingers-zp7ks]

Amazing

[@briane173]

Mr. Seymour died two months after his appearance on _I've Got a Secret,_ two days shy of the 91st anniversary of LIncoln's assassination.

[@frankieblue1945]

Living history... so to speak.

[@CruddyThad]

Mind blowing stuff

[@jayp.6166]

The Winston cigarette add front and center is awesome lol A sign of the times, for sure

[@deedk4083]

The audience reaction when he whispered the he secret, they knew what a big deal it was for him.

[@wordforthespirit7852]

History in the books seemed so long ago until you meet someone who seen it. Abraham Lincoln All seriousness I was born 100 years after the civil war 20 years after WWII. Not that long in perspective

[@kidt3068]

Thank Mr. Seymour for telling us your story!! Thank you sir!!!

[@hectorbarajas9316]

He lived thru the Civil War, Spanish American War, WW1, WW2, & Korean War …. Wow 😮 ! He witnessed and lived life when there was slavery, Reconstruction & Jim Crow.

[@djumps2455]

As we are living life in history today with wars going on and anti-lgbt legislation in the u.s. .

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

That was pretty incredible that he lived long enough to pass this information on. The changes in society he has witnessed are incredible.