Where was Lincoln's Bodyguard on the Night He was Assassinated?

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Unfortunately, even had the organization been instituted earlier, it wouldn’t have helped. The Secret Service in the beginning had no part in protecting the President, but rather were tasked with cutting down on the amazing amount of counterfeit money circulated in the United States at the time (hence why until March of 2003 they were a branch of the U.S. Department of the Treasury). It is estimated that about 1/3 of the U.S. currency in circulation was counterfeit when Lincoln signed the piece of legislature that would establish the Secret Service.
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Now that you know where Lincoln's bodyguard was when he was assassinated check out this video and find out The Interesting Story Behind Lincoln's Beard: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXu1o6ipgqd6rrc

[@tommynorthwood]

PARKER WAS MRS LINCOLNS MAN!!!! O WOW

[@1014p]

It was for hiding a clef lip I recall.

[@TheRealDarthRevan]

Parker: oh yeah ok you're an actor so go on in Mr. Booth Booth: Thanks buddy Parker: *hears gunshot* well time to go to the bar

[@ethan073]

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[@dominicgiorgi3665]

Lincoln Beard at least what i had learned was because of a girl whom had wrote him telling him He would look better with w iskers because of his face being so thin. At least that's the story i have heard over the years. Lincoln had also been kicked in the face by i think it was a horse? Any how Lincoln was kicked in the face and that is why one side grew differant than the other. Lincoln is still my favorite President by far. I can't believe his so called body gaurd was not held ac ountable for not being where He should have been not to mention being a drunk and sleeping on the job. Lets face it He got away with murder. I so wish we could go back in time and that i was the Presidents body gaurd that night. Booth would have got a big surprise. Just imagine how much more Lincoln could have done had He lived and was able to finish out his terms. A great man gunned down by a coward.

[@CaptNSquared]

Welcome to Lincoln's new Secret Service Days without incident: -1

[@edlingja1]

Pauline Gregory Umm.. If young black men would stop running from Police and resisting arrest, they might not get into trouble. It'd be pretty hard for a cop to plant evidence more than once. I suggest that we all obey the laws and don't resist arrest- as to not get chased and shot. Idk why you wouldn't stop for Police... You will just get a record faster and they wills be angry that they have to chase you.

[@frankblack676]

N Squared Clearly biased and ignorant about police corruption.

[@benjaminan1183]

Big Boss Really? You like your own comment.

[@real.sugarcone]

Zachary Kiss This comment was the funniest thing I've read in the last 15 years.

[@Si-sg7vc]

Zachary Kiss Unfortunately Media only says bad things about cops and not a single good thing and guessing thats were you get your opinions about a officer or any job similar to there ranks, only local news shares the cops saving lives and sacrificed themselves fir the people and global news dont show it funny how hero's are hidden and never shown...

[@doekiller4810]

So Parker was like the 19th century Chief Wiggum.

[@TheReverendWillNicholas]

Doe Killer Essentially, yes.

[@filip36365]

DFKM 😂

[@nicky21111]

if parker was there he probally would of made the situation worse knowing his track record

[@CaptainSweatpants90]

@@nicky21111 "That's a nice gun you have there, Officer Parker. Mind if I borrow it before I go visit the president?" "Of course not, Mr. Booth, suit yourself!"

[@cesarbaca]

😂

[@adamkendall997]

I was out back having a smoke.... why what'd I miss?

[@augustusmcgovern6084]

"I don't remember fire works in this performance?"

[@dominicgiorgi3665]

Yeah and some drinks along with it. What a major! idiot! i can't believe He was a body gaurd even back then. It's like what the hell?

[@happysawfish]

He had to check on the safety of the ladies of the evening. Make sure they're safe. Priorities, priorities.

[@twistedyogert]

"You got fired."

[@acrefray]

"I swear I'm qualified! Just give me a chance! It was just a misunderstanding!" - Parker

[@mikekuppen6256]

+

[@jmoa5758]

Lol! "Give me another chance!" We all know how that went.

[@jshaw1503]

acrefray sounds like Hillary

[@codyday9848]

Purus Sanguis doubt it

[@jeenkzk5919]

Purus Sanguis I understand that the whole family's acting careers were ruined because they were looked at as being associated with Booth

[@Sheep506]

So you're telling me the officer got off every time he went to the brothel?

[@lolabigcups7121]

I see what you did there and I liked it.

[@davidfleming1115]

Just about and work man police dept. til in New York they finally fired him for drink on the job and they kept him from find another police job since

[@lackedpuppet9022]

If this where Fallout, I'd say Parker had way too much charisma.

[@user-fq3co9wh9d]

LackedPuppet 902 smh

[@gamerguy9904]

What about luck? Or perception

[@benmassey3169]

100 speech and barter I think

[@willow7610]

LackedPuppet 902 high charisma high luck and low intelligence

[@itsLalm]

mabye he was hired because he was so great at making excuses

[@LarryOfilms]

LALM thelegendary he should've been a lawyer

[@OriLOK2]

Larry O or politician

[@TorquemadaTwist]

LALM thelegendary I imagine most of his disciplinary hearings began with his standard defense: "Hey, we all make mistakes. You guys fucked up, you trusted me. But this is a new day, a chance to start anew. C'mon let's adjourn this. First round is on me."

[@ansahs]

Hahahaha

[@toonbat]

He was basically Starscream

[@Phi1point62]

"Parker, the President died under your watch!" "Uh oh, spaghettios!"

[@jaaa1690]

Dominic Giorgi calm it

[@bluedogviking]

@@jaaa1690 he's right though that bodyguard deserved it.

[@John-th4sy]

He should have said "Like anybody even cares".I love the deathbed picture of lincoln! He was a piece of human garbage who who got exactly what he deserved. What's this stuff about him and his kids? Who cares about his brats. He didn't care anything or anybody. abe started a senseless war that resulted in over 600,000 battlefield deaths plus the injuries that were worse than death. Now, add in the widows and orphans he created. (What's this stuff about his kids dying how sad ole abe was. Like anybody even cares about his brats) WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. This death and desrtuction added up to about two million ruined lives. OK. Are any of you getting a more realistic picture of abe? abe's kids, yeah whatever. TWO MILLION LIVES RUINED . No man in history did more to earn his fate the lincoln. Imagine the kids abe made fatherless, and how removing hundreds of thousands of grandfathers removed from the family structure. Poor ole abe lost some brats he got sad. HYPOCRITE SCUMBAG.He had it coming for a long time. He was a dimwit to. Anybody with half a brain who did what he did would stay hidden or travel with a hundred body guards. Totally CLUELESS. Think about it. good ole boy abe i'm headin' to the theatre me and my family gonna have a good time who cares about the 2 million everybody loves me. Nobody, but abe was suprised his second term ended early.

[@AntifoulAwl]

'Have a night at the theater, it'll be relaxing.' - worse advice, EVER

[@volminski]

I love this channel because it asks the questions nobody asks and very specific things like Lincolns bodyguard and his whereabouts. Keep it up

[@StaticImage]

Still pushing for a video on the origins of the high five

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[@MisterMander]

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[@drewsaluk6860]

Today I Found Out OMG 😱 U DIDNT HAVE A BEARD

[@bluecrab180]

ONE JOB

[@Gojiro7]

well, Parkers sounds like a man whose grave that gets pissed on alot

[@bojanglesthewizard6188]

I would. He shouldve been charged

[@redjirachi1]

Even more than John Wilkes Booth. He at least had talent

[@pinkgoergefloyd8340]

Yeah where was JfK's riot shield

[@michaeldougfir9807]

Oscar Horsey: You must be referring to the bullet proof top of JFK's limousine. It was the president himself who asked to leave it off. Such a fatal decision! But he liked to be available to the people. This also left Govornor Conolly in equal danger. And so the governor was shot too.

[@pinkgoergefloyd8340]

+Michael Dougfir you actually took that joke literally, omg

[@TorquemadaTwist]

Oscar Horsey He wanted to feel the wind through his hair. Which he did.

[@califdad4]

it was a very hot and humid day in Dallas, the air conditioning in that 1961 stretched Lincoln did not work well, for people in the back, and so the top came off for the parade. The top though was not really bullet proof. it was plexiglass and snapped together. The car was later stripped and redone with a roof, and armoured, air conditioning was beefed up, then painted black and used till the late 70's. It was Registered to Ford and leased to the US Gov. for $500 a year, which is why Ford got it back in 1978 and is in the Henry Ford Museum.

[@Tugboat1861]

Michael Dougfir r/woooosh

[@a.taylor9986]

Please keep making these videos! You have such a broad range of topics that I never would've thought I'd like to know about. Very informative -- thank you for posting!

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Freaking love these videos, I seriously wait everday for the new one to come out, I have watched everysingle episode, plus some top tenz, love random facts that are done credibly. keep it up!

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Awesome :-)

[@Mythic0Demon]

Today I Found Out Not sure is this is Daven or Simon or someone else but thanks for the reply!

[@AllenSimpsonDGR8]

HiztoRY IZ FUN!kuld not lie.

[@mikeshultz2705]

Today I Found Out Lincoln ordered a beer,not Shots.

[@mikeshultz2705]

Today I Found Out Lincoln ordered a beer,not Shots.

[@schadenfreudebuddha]

"i need a bodyguard like I need a hole in the head!"

[@MarkAStephan]

You have such interesting videos...

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@vlogsnstufflikethat]

agreed!

[@mentalbreakgaming3102]

Mark Stephan yea I also wonder is there a possibility that this whole thing was not a coincidence, a lot of people with power had business in both parts union and confederate during the Civil War, and although many supported Lincoln some are known to have false support for Lincoln the only reason they supported him was because they were outnumbered and it was becoming clear that slavery was becoming a massive issue, the truth is most of America's biggest power houses of the time of course ran off of slave labor which basically made their income insane as they didn't have to pay wages. Booth killed himself after shooting the president which is odd if he so strongly believed in slavery why would he end this life, rather than be a martyr? I think it could mean that maybe Booth wasn't actually as pro slavery as we might think because if he firmly believed in his cause he would feel no reason to take his life. next they had locations on both of the other guards but not on baker which is kind of weird as well. however a couple things struck me as odd was it possible bakers misdeeds could've been forgiven because he was presented his terrible excuse so well or because his judges were payed off. if they could recommend a terrible cop to the president who had some communication with Lincolns family and get him chosen they could've easily bribed him with a couple drinks while booth went to shoot the president. next the secret service thing also raises an eye Lincoln doing something about counterfeit money could piss off a lot of people, very powerful people at that.

[@solomon_aw_]

I hope this is sarcasm.

[@MarkSmith-yo6qs]

This is most certainly the most under rated. Love your work.

[@jasongates-]

I remember one account saying that Lincoln, himself, sent the guard away, saying that he did not need security that night. And then, he told the guard, "Goodbye," which ironically happened to be his last word to the guard. Ever. I don't remember exactly what program that was on, but I think it was a PBS program. There were a few accounts that I heard, but the most prevalent was that he was away, at a bar, across the street, drunk. And, most accounts said that he was supposed to be guarding the president at the time of the incident. This is my first hearing that Lincoln, himself, signed into law, that there would be a Secret Service. I thought Secret Service was already around for a couple of years. And, I certainly did not know that Lincoln was the one who signed for it to exist. And, again, ironically, it was the day of the incident. I did once hear, on PBS, that Booth said he could have gotten Lincoln earlier, and he felt he should have. Booth was at Lincoln's second inauguration, at the Capital Building, and Booth claimed he would have had a good shot, if he had followed through with it, that day. I don't know why only one guard was assigned to the president, at a time, anyway. Instead of having one guard per shift (four total), they should have had four per shift (16 total). That would have helped. Cause, then, the one drunk guard could use the excuse that there were three other guards with him, so he had a chance to take a break during his shift. And, that would be a better excuse. But even then, he shouldn't have been drunk during his shift. And, the other three guards would have been there to catch Booth before the incident, while the one guard was away, drunk.

[@AnonymousFrogNG]

If this were a PBS program, there'd be some way to donate over the phone while watching.

[@JonChenTS13]

I love you're vids! Was here since 200k

[@katiobrien7854]

Fascinating. I pretty much like all of your videos, but this one was really good. Thank you.

[@Miamcoline]

Really good research and interesting as usual!

[@riskvideos]

One of those "You had one job!" kind of moments.

[@itsjustnopinionok]

I think the phrase "I was taking a dump" was coined the night Lincoln was shot. Because that might as well have been the excuse that guard made.

[@anthonyhargis6855]

Parker probably has a special room in hell. LOL

[@richardwhitfill7573]

Very interesting video thank you

[@krisnaisley]

What ! That is insane that Parker never faced consequences for dereliction of duty. He must of had some heavy Dirt on someone to get away with that type of behaviour for so long.

[@John-th4sy]

Parker didn't do anything wrong. I love the deathbed picture of lincoln! He was a piece of human garbage who who got exactly what he deserved. What's this stuff about him and his kids? Who cares about his brats. He didn't care anything or anybody. abe started a senseless war that resulted in over 600,000 battlefield deaths plus the injuries that were worse than death. Now, add in the widows and orphans he created. (What's this stuff about his kids dying how sad ole abe was. Like anybody even cares about his brats) WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. This death and desrtuction added up to about two million ruined lives. OK. Are any of you getting a more realistic picture of abe? abe's kids, yeah whatever. TWO MILLION LIVES RUINED . No man in history did more to earn his fate the lincoln. Imagine the kids abe made fatherless, and how removing hundreds of thousands of grandfathers removed from the family structure. Poor ole abe lost some brats he got sad. HYPOCRITE SCUMBAG.He had it coming for a long time. He was a dimwit to. Anybody with half a brain who did what he did would stay hidden or travel with a hundred body guards. Totally CLUELESS. Think about it. good ole boy abe i'm headin' to the theatre me and my family gonna have a good time who cares about the 2 million everybody loves me. Nobody, but abe was suprised his second term ended early.

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QB Mac because these videos 🎥 are so informative & well presented

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you used toilet paper

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50th like

[@zacharyouten4525]

Its amazing how little things like this can make all the difference in some cases

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Hai Simon Whistler! Can you do a video on the fall of the Romanov Dynasty? :)

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snapdr4g0nz Or the history of the Romanov dynasty :D

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I would love to see a video on them. I love the Romanovs.

[@whiterunguard6202]

22nd

[@CornvilleCounsellor]

Sal Litvak makes the case that Ward Hill Lamon had a much more prominent role in guarding Lincoln than historians have given credit for. The book that came with DVD release of the movie Saving Lincoln contains letters and notes that seem to contradict the narrative that he was a "bumbling" peripheral figure. I'm a huge fan of the channel. Keep up the great work

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

I don't know if it's correct, but I've heard that Parker didn't lose his job until Stanton lost HIS job, which is one of the reasons people see a conspiracy with Stanton behind it. In other words, they think that Parker's carelessness was part of a plan.

[@MadTheDJ]

Parker, you had ONE job that night...!

[@SandyzSerious]

Love this channel.

[@kaljic1]

Good presentation.

[@vikramgupta2326]

Amazing, I actually never knew about this.

[@Andreamom001]

My sister met some secret service when she was hiking once. A bunch of college kids were on a hiking trip and my sister saw these older guys with radios along, too and asked who they were. Turns out Barbara Bush (daughter of George W Bush) was one of the students. The secret service guys had hiking boots and T-shirts on like the other hikers.

[@katmaas6854]

Bxdyd cj

[@TonecrafteLuthiery]

What a shocker: American cop gets away with negligence...

[@TonecrafteLuthiery]

Great video though, as always.

[@morningmadera]

After the shooting, Parker got two weeks paid leave and a trip to Disneyland ...

[@TorquemadaTwist]

Morning Madera He did not go to Disneyland. He went back to the bar before that hooker he was haggling over prices with stole his drink. 'Fifty cents to storm your Backwoods whilst you are wearing a Redcoat? Outrageous!'

[@user-fq3co9wh9d]

George Mason who can u say, u American ?

[@CovfefeDotard]

indeed

[@J.Jayy04]

Some fantastic videos I've watch the one about what each president did form George to Donald, keep it up!

[@sbwilkinson60]

Fascinating. I have never even considered if Lincoln had a bodyguard. I always assumed he didn't. Thanks

[@drinkwater319]

This bloke has a very good speaking voice, perfect for voice overs, marvellous

[@QE-cv7ti]

Someone probably burst in that saloon shouting that Lincoln was shot & John Parker probably said “pour me another one”🤣🤣🤣

[@sharkbite951]

I love these!

[@maccaj6565]

Almost skipped this one, because as an American who loves history and didn't sleep through my high school classes, I knew very well that Lincoln authorized the formation of the Secret Service on the day he was assassinated, and that it matters naught since the Secret Service had nothing to do with presidential security for decades to come. As I'd hoped, though, this video still had stuff to teach me - pretty sure I'd never heard of Parker. Thanks for doing your usual stellar job!

[@aviator0402]

How did the term "dog fight" come to mean aircraft engaged in air to air combat.

[@nikiparks5532]

Because dogs try to get on the others back or attack from behind, in dog fight with a plane the best angle of attack is above and behind your target so they fought for that position

[@DougShoeBushcraft]

in WWI that's what people on the ground thought it looked like

[@FatJesusOMG6911]

youre the best host of this channel, quality content

[@ogorangeduck]

I like the new format.

[@fermainjackson2899]

Lincoln's bodyguards were checking WhatsApp, Facebook and social network messages.... LOL 👍😎 ☝

[@Thejoyofdriving1]

Very fascinating, and sad.

[@faultyblue9934]

I was taught in school that he found the play boring and decided to drink at the bar because he sensed no danger

[@paulwest3583]

thanks i learned something today

[@demogog3449]

Lincoln would often walk around Washington late at night without a bodyguard. He felt like it would make him look scared and weak.

[@demogog3449]

Booth was a famous actor and had planned to tell the guard he wanted to greet the President but he made it by unfettered

[@Chief2Moon]

It's the accumulation of those little details that make or change history, wow.

[@terriensberg5487]

Very interesting. Didn’t know any of this.

[@aperson22222]

I seem to recall that Lincoln also had a private bodyguard with whom he parted ways about a year before Ford's Theater. His name escapes me.

[@satoau1]

thanks! brave enough to do kennedy next?

[@kungfuimprov]

I used to listen to the Rocking Self Publishing Podcast all the time. Great videos.

[@MagicTurtle643]

This was crazy interesting.

[@rajazeltursatna9272]

Your camera seems smoother, Simon :)

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Maybe Parker was drunk and asleep and a brother when Lincoln was assasinated. But it dies seem likely he had great connections to Lincolns wife or someone else since it seems odd he was not fired before or publically blamed for the assasination.

[@kaczynskis5721]

There were some anomalies. A man named Spangler spent years in jail for merely holding Booth's horse. Parker deserted his post and was not even fired.

[@eryuu4016]

Maybe she was cheating with him?

[@andresdiaz2578]

Keep on growin' that beard. Like it!

[@tohopes]

So this would be like if Donald Trump had Chris Christie as his bodyguard. 5:29 love that Retro Blur effect.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

An assassin COULD NOT SEE AROUND Christie to get a shot off...😊

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

tohopes there was no retro blur effect. There was nothing. Get your eyes checked. Then it

[@davidonfim2381]

Lincoln's bodyguard was assassinated too?! heh, what are the odds?

[@ronin223]

David Enrique moron watch the video again. he was not assassinated.

[@davidonfim2381]

cl223 fucktard, it's a joke about the grammatical ambiguity found in the particular sentence structure used by both the title and introduction of the video.

[@JohnDoe-qx3zs]

Better question: When was God assassinated, and was Lincoln's bodyguard anywhere at all at that time?

[@Roanokem]

wow, i learned something new. ❤

[@DJDoubleCee]

That guy kinda looks like the guy from WhatCulture.

[@dlwatib]

This certainly bears more investigation. Who was John Frederick Parker, really? Mary Todd Lincoln defended him on one occasion, to her regret, but who else? He must have had defense in depth to be able to get away with such incredible dereliction of duty time after time. He obviously knew someone *very* powerful who was *extremely* tolerant of his misconduct. Mere charisma wouldn't have been enough. And then there's the question of how he was chosen to be the guard that night. Was it just his turn or was there a last minute switch? Inquiring minds want to know! Then there's the surprising fact in passing that as much as 1/3 of the money in circulation during President Lincoln's administration was counterfeit. That cannot have been caused by a few lone counterfeiters with printing presses in their basements. That had to be the work of banking interests trying to deliberately undermine the American currency so that they could better lobby for a central bank in the United States of America. We now know that John Wilkes Booth was not just a disgruntled lone gunman. He was part of a plot against the president. An earlier attempt had been made to assassinate President Lincoln on August 1864 by an "unknown assailant". John Wilkes Booth had been initiated in the pro-Confederate Knights of the Golden Circle in Baltimore. However, it was the bankers who were even more disgruntled at Lincoln because he had refused to borrow money from them at exorbitant interest rates to fight the Civil War. This after they had gone to all the trouble of inciting the war in the first place so as to put the US Government in a position where it would have to borrow money. President Lincoln had the audacity to print money on the full faith and credit of the United States Government without the permission or involvement of any banker. Another American president also tried to do this, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He met a fate similar to Lincoln. 'Nuff said.

[@eryuu4016]

Wow what a theory!

[@herberthgonzalez8947]

DAMN IT PARKER! YOU HAD ONE JOB! ONE SIMPLE FUCKING JOB!

[@thecommonfool2110]

Not a simple job

[@herberthgonzalez8947]

Ivan Pascuttini Cool.

[@vassa1972]

Interesting video

[@Tone-Contreras]

is it just me or Simon isn't coked out this video lol jk love your videos man!

[@AnonymousFrogNG]

This is getting ridiculous

[@greenspiraldragon]

He was out getting wasted. LOL.

[@kenkarish826]

Next door having a beer. I just read Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reily.

[@beniteztheconman]

Oh dear.... do you have a very low IQ? Bill o'reilly is for the mentally disadvantaged.

[@seanm7445]

Sounds like a bit of a Parker Square!

[@KitasKorner88]

Sean M nice to see you outside of a facts video.

[@notinusesoon4975]

Irresponsible people cost America a good man.

[@ronaldblack1902]

ZerOne Games ...how was he a great man? I really would love to know how a racist man like Lincoln, was great?

[@ronaldblack1902]

Please don't say "because he freed the slaves." No he did not.

[@ronaldblack1902]

A Completely Generic Duck ....no bait, pal. It is the truth. Lincoln, was all for segregation.

[@ronaldblack1902]

A Completely Generic Duck ...read the real history on ol honest Abe, not the watered down history books you find in a lot of schools, and you will see he was not as honest as you believe. There are speeches that he wrote on how the white race was so much superior then the black race. But of course you just believe that I am baiting everyone who watches this video, so you will not read the real history. God bless you.

[@rickeyryan303]

@@jaredclark9312 First of it is fact, Lincoln believe blacks where equal under law and despised slavery, but at the same time he did not think blacks where equal to white people.. He wanted to send them to Libya and give them there own state.. He also said that, he believes whites and black could never coexist with peace in the U.S.. People really should learn how to read..

[@Kingofwale1]

a famous actor threatens a republican president's life.... sounds like just 2017. ;)

[@cameronsipka3352]

Kingofwale1 lol booth did a little more than just threaten a presidents life

[@Cadwaladr]

Not really.

[@waynethegreat23]

Kingofwale1 Lincoln would be a democrat or independent today

[@trialcarton5233]

Wayne Paul that's not the point don't use a straw man argument, talk about the situation presented in the context it took place, you look petty and incapable if you just use a straw man argument

[@bigmike9128]

Cadwaladr no just threatening to blow up the white house or calling for martial law to prevent him from taking office.

[@FoxElliott]

Getting away with all of that requires Charisma Level: 10

[@eliotreader8220]

very interesting questions especially the one about Mr and Mrs Lincoln's son being there with them

[@douglasvanderpool9605]

Where was Lincoln’s bodyguard? Waiting in line at the fucking concessions stand! 😂😂😂

[@randomdude3412]

He was prolly like "sir I am gonna go to the bathroom brb" and he comes back and Lincoln was killed. True story bro.

[@Livin4Jesus00]

he pointed John Wilkes Booth to where Lincoln was too. lol

[@kristinainkmein3768]

MOOD RINGS! How do they work? I'd love something in depth!!!

[@juliav.mcclelland2415]

When I took a White House tour, all the Secret Service agents were wearing white t shirts under bulletproof vests. No sunglasses.

[@snappysnoot7540]

Parker's got like some freakin Jedi mind trick voodoo magic going on

[@potawatomi100]

Simon you make the best videos. They are intelligent, well narrated and researched. Thank you.

[@Justin-yc1ig]

I was taught in school that he was looking at his phone and wasn't aware of his surroundings. 📱👀🎩🧔💥🔫

[@qblanson17]

Bobo Bikowski LMAO!

[@416loren]

I can't believe I've not heard about this before.

[@KnowArt]

White shirt looks better than the pink one from last. The pink one gave your head a funny colour on camera.

[@chargedcreeper8981]

"Where was Lincoln's bodyguard on the night he was assassinated" Get's a World of Tanks ad on the bottom of screen

[@allenhonaker4107]

Sounds a lot like Luciano taking a bathroom trip just before the bitumen showed up

[@austinsmith538]

Simon: And a myriad of other charges- Heather C: Myriad, nice.

[@mindfuless674]

His body guard was texting his chic sending emoji when he heard a gun shot and knew he had messed up.

[@redjirachi1]

John Parker: Goes for a drink, the president is assassinated George Atzerodt: Goes for a drink, the vice president isn't assassinated

[@real.sugarcone]

I read the title and thought, "Lincoln's bodyguard was assassinated?!"

[@FuckedUpGenius]

Hello guys, I was just watching some kids show and all of the sudden I thought of something. Why is no one going to the moon these days? How about a video on this subject? :) Love your channel!

[@nimrodery]

There's literally nothing there. Mars might happen in a decade.

[@haruruben]

The bodyguard is on the left pointing at the assassin. Very helpful

[@SweetLilWren]

Love the 720p60!

[@armandodubon9633]

* talks about the assassination of one of the greatest presidents* * happy music in background*

[@vincentmeade2534]

that is almost as shameful as the guy who took that wrong turn and had Ferdinand killed

[@mikedonovan8811]

I always thought he was making a visit to the nearest outhouse.