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Good morning from Collegeville,

Fifty years ago today, John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. It was one of those events that, if we are old enough, we remember where we were when we heard the news. There are a number of comparisons between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.

1. Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846, Kennedy was elected to congress in 1946.
2. Lincoln was elected President in 1860, Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
3. Lincoln’s wife lost a child while living in the White House, so did Mrs. Kennedy.
4. Kennedy had a secretary named Mrs. Lincoln.
5. Lincoln was shot in the back of his head in the presence of his wife, as was JFK.
6. They both were shot on a Friday.
7. Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater. Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln built by Ford.
8. Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was know by three names, comprised of fifteen letters, same as Lee Harvey Oswald.
9. Booth was killed before being brought to trial. Oswald was killed before being brought to trial.
10. Lincoln’s successor was Andrew Johnson, born in 1808. Kennedy’s successor was Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908.

The APHC show this week is a rebroadcast of the all-things-banjo show from back in February. Special guests include, Joe Newberry on “Down the Road”, Bill Evans playing “Ragtime Episode”, Noam Pikelny’s “Broken Drought”, a three banjo version of “Arkansas Traveler” and a bit of history on the banjo from Bill C. Malone.
In the News From Lake Wobegon, the town prepares for the annual “Big Plunge”.

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” From “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien