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Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination I've Got A Secret
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A 1956 episode clip of the game show I've Got a Secret in which 95-year-old Samuel J. Seymour appears as the mystery guest. He was the last living eyewitness to Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theater, and the panel tries to guess his secret.
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HN commenters link it whenever Lincoln, the Civil War, or how recent history really is comes up, as striking footage of a living witness to the assassination.
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The 10th President of the United States, John Tyler, has two grandsons still alive today [1]. And the last witness to Lincoln's assassination appeared on TV [2]. So someone receiving a pension from the Civil War doesn't seem too far fetched. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗This reminds me that there is video footage online today of a person who witnessed President Lincoln's murder: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗To add specifically to the Lincoln assassination: One of the eyewitnesses appeared on a gameshow as mystery guest in 1956 (shortly before passing away) [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗You realize there were many many witnesses in that theater. This video of the last surviving eyewitness was making the rounds a few years ago [ [VIDEO] ]. Also I did not know there were conspiracy theories about the LINCOLN assassination. It's very quaint!
Read original comment ↗Reminds me of this 1956 clip from the show I've Got a Secret with the last living eyewitness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗"Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination on 'I've Got A Secret' Television Show" [VIDEO]
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