cassius
@boothden.bsky.social
cassius. twenty-two years old. he/him 🏳️⚧️
abnormal about history
what i lack in knowledge i make up for in spirit
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neo-confeds/maga: do not breathe in my direction
abnormal about history
what i lack in knowledge i make up for in spirit
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neo-confeds/maga: do not breathe in my direction
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cassius
@boothden.bsky.social
· May 24
hello! the lincoln assassination has been my special interest for over a decade.
with a poor memory and years of neglect, i don't know as much as i could. but the passion remains and i'm eager to learn!
have my collie, julius, and fifteen year old me next to j.w. "cardboard" booth. fare thee well!
with a poor memory and years of neglect, i don't know as much as i could. but the passion remains and i'm eager to learn!
have my collie, julius, and fifteen year old me next to j.w. "cardboard" booth. fare thee well!
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Steve Miller, the expert on the 16th New York Cavalry that tracked down Lincoln’s assassin, tells the story of the other rewards offered for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the legal fight to claim one of them: lincolnconspirators.com/2025/12/05/t... 🗃️ #skystorians
The Other Reward Offers for John Wilkes Booth’s Capture By Steven G. Miller
“It is hard to get them all in court” The Other Reward Offers for John Wilkes Booth’s Capture By Steven G. Miller One of the most famous broadsides in American History was the one issued by the Wa…
lincolnconspirators.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Steve Miller, the expert on the 16th New York Cavalry that tracked down Lincoln’s assassin, tells the story of the other rewards offered for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the legal fight to claim one of them: lincolnconspirators.com/2025/12/05/t... 🗃️ #skystorians
everyone behind me in class witnessing me looking through the abraham lincoln selection on etsy
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
everyone behind me in class witnessing me looking through the abraham lincoln selection on etsy
the nineteenth century is my favorite particularly in american history but antebellum -> civil war -> reconstruction is profoundly depressing
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
the nineteenth century is my favorite particularly in american history but antebellum -> civil war -> reconstruction is profoundly depressing
this has me on the floor
Victorian ways of saying modern things
YouTube video by 書道家 東宮たくみ
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
this has me on the floor
i am required by law to put this part of my neuropsych evaluation on this account
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
i am required by law to put this part of my neuropsych evaluation on this account
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"Death By Lightning," the GAR, and Black Civil War Veterans
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
"Death By Lightning," the GAR, and Black Civil War Veterans
No doubt, many of you have had a chance to watch Netflix’s mini-series Death by Lightning, a dramatization of the life and assassination of President James A.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Death By Lightning," the GAR, and Black Civil War Veterans
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
missing thaddeus stevens right now.................. (sighs wistfully)
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
missing thaddeus stevens right now.................. (sighs wistfully)
john wilkes booth was too young when he killed abraham lincoln. he was twenty-six. he should've been at the club getting the shit beaten out of him
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
john wilkes booth was too young when he killed abraham lincoln. he was twenty-six. he should've been at the club getting the shit beaten out of him
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Buy your tickets now for our inaugural Lincoln Assassination Tour on Saturday, March 14, 2026. All tickets for this tour are $20 off our regular tour price. It’s a full day of immersive history with lunch included for just $145 (plus Eventbrite’s ticketing fees). www.eventbrite.com/e/lincoln-as...
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Buy your tickets now for our inaugural Lincoln Assassination Tour on Saturday, March 14, 2026. All tickets for this tour are $20 off our regular tour price. It’s a full day of immersive history with lunch included for just $145 (plus Eventbrite’s ticketing fees). www.eventbrite.com/e/lincoln-as...
there is a theoretical throughline between donald trump getting elected and john wilkes booth trying to get into the oil industry in 1864 and proceeding to lose all of his money
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
there is a theoretical throughline between donald trump getting elected and john wilkes booth trying to get into the oil industry in 1864 and proceeding to lose all of his money
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Please help Bryan, a decent and hardworking person who was just kidnapped off the street in DC. He has been in this country since he was a child. He has a business and a family. He does not deserve such shameful cruelty. Please share.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
Donate to Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom, organized by Kira Tewalt
Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
My name is Kira, and I’m asking for your help on… Kira Tewalt needs your support for Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Please help Bryan, a decent and hardworking person who was just kidnapped off the street in DC. He has been in this country since he was a child. He has a business and a family. He does not deserve such shameful cruelty. Please share.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
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The AHA has updated our Guide for Contending with Online Harassment, offering recs to support members who are targets of online harassment. "Historians have the right to expect that discussion of their historical work will be conducted in a civil manner, free from harassment and intimidation." 🗃️
Guide for Contending with Online Harassment - AHA
Guidelines to AHA members and historians who fear that they may become or have become targets of online harassment.
www.historians.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The AHA has updated our Guide for Contending with Online Harassment, offering recs to support members who are targets of online harassment. "Historians have the right to expect that discussion of their historical work will be conducted in a civil manner, free from harassment and intimidation." 🗃️
read that song (under 1866) in my textbook; the specific date wasn't included so i was curious
i can always count on r/shermanposting. when i'm down, r/shermanposting picks me back up. i owe everything to r/sher-
i can always count on r/shermanposting. when i'm down, r/shermanposting picks me back up. i owe everything to r/sher-
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
read that song (under 1866) in my textbook; the specific date wasn't included so i was curious
i can always count on r/shermanposting. when i'm down, r/shermanposting picks me back up. i owe everything to r/sher-
i can always count on r/shermanposting. when i'm down, r/shermanposting picks me back up. i owe everything to r/sher-
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
i wasn't gonna drink tonight... but im missing john brown like a mf right now.....
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
i wasn't gonna drink tonight... but im missing john brown like a mf right now.....
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I'll be speaking about my research on Edwin Booth, celebrity, and grief in Alexandria, VA next week and tickets are almost gone! If you're looking for something to do next Saturday, I can promise that you'll learn something new!
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
Brother to the Assassin: Edwin Booth and the Rebirth of American Theatre
This lecture will explore the career of Edwin Booth, whose work was overshadowed by the infamous act of his brother, John Wilkes Booth.
www.eventbrite.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I'll be speaking about my research on Edwin Booth, celebrity, and grief in Alexandria, VA next week and tickets are almost gone! If you're looking for something to do next Saturday, I can promise that you'll learn something new!
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
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Centrist dems want buses running over LGBT people. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wants free and clear bus lanes instead. The difference won him the election.
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Centrist dems want buses running over LGBT people. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wants free and clear bus lanes instead. The difference won him the election.
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it's obviously important that zohran won. but it's equally important that cuomo and the despicable, racist, contemptuous, arrogant, loathesome forces arrayed behind him were brutally defeated. they banked on new yorkers hating and fearing each other. and they lost. what a town.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
it's obviously important that zohran won. but it's equally important that cuomo and the despicable, racist, contemptuous, arrogant, loathesome forces arrayed behind him were brutally defeated. they banked on new yorkers hating and fearing each other. and they lost. what a town.
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"totally inappropriate for the Lincoln era"
Is this what going insane feels like?
Is this what going insane feels like?
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"totally inappropriate for the Lincoln era"
Is this what going insane feels like?
Is this what going insane feels like?
i don't even have the mental or emotional capacity to unpack the lincoln bathroom
im forcing myself to not think about trump demolishing the east wing because it makes me too angry
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
i don't even have the mental or emotional capacity to unpack the lincoln bathroom
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In 1901, writer & Lincoln collector Osborn Oldroyd walked the escape route of John Wilkes Booth. During his visit behind Ford’s Theatre, he was greeted by some alley cats. Don’t wear down your paws like Oldroyd did. Consider taking a guided Lincoln Assassination Tour by bus instead. #NationalCatDay
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In 1901, writer & Lincoln collector Osborn Oldroyd walked the escape route of John Wilkes Booth. During his visit behind Ford’s Theatre, he was greeted by some alley cats. Don’t wear down your paws like Oldroyd did. Consider taking a guided Lincoln Assassination Tour by bus instead. #NationalCatDay
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Thank you so much for Madeline at Emerging Civil War for highlighting my current research in this interview. I'll never turn down an opportunity to talk about Edwin!
emergingcivilwar.com/2025/10/22/e...
emergingcivilwar.com/2025/10/22/e...
Edwin Booth & American Grief: An Interview with Elizabeth Reese - Emerging Civil War
Tragedy is frequently a family affair. Madness can be generational, trickling down the family tree and affecting individuals in similar ways. In the Booth family of thespians, the 19th Century stage b...
emergingcivilwar.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you so much for Madeline at Emerging Civil War for highlighting my current research in this interview. I'll never turn down an opportunity to talk about Edwin!
emergingcivilwar.com/2025/10/22/e...
emergingcivilwar.com/2025/10/22/e...
im forcing myself to not think about trump demolishing the east wing because it makes me too angry
October 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
im forcing myself to not think about trump demolishing the east wing because it makes me too angry
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lol he's not wearing a "Blood Army Uniform." 🙄 that style of overcoat is called a "Murder Duster" and was only used by a few units for a couple of months during the very beginning of the Slaughter Crusades. but I guess you people will never let history get in the way of a good controversy, will you
October 28, 2024 at 7:31 PM
lol he's not wearing a "Blood Army Uniform." 🙄 that style of overcoat is called a "Murder Duster" and was only used by a few units for a couple of months during the very beginning of the Slaughter Crusades. but I guess you people will never let history get in the way of a good controversy, will you