That happened.
For Christmas, I went back to my hometown to spend it with my family, friends, and loved ones in Metro Detroit. Per usual, it was a great time, but I did something I hadn’t done in probably 25 years.
I went to a museum. Not just any museum, however, The Henry Ford in Detroit.
They’ve got a ton of really cool things there, including the car President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in and the actual chair which President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in.
That’s the car. Eerie, isn’t it? We’ve seen the video played over and over for so many years, and this, right in front of me was the actual car John F. Kennedy’s presidency ended in a split second.
FUN FACT: The car pictured has a bulletproof roof on it, because after JFK was assassinated, they fixed the car up, cleaned it out, and continued using it for 3 more Presidents. The United States government didn’t own the car, it was under lease, so they had to give it back eventually.
Next was the Lincoln chair.
Another insane piece of history. The Great Emancipator lost his life in that very seat.
FUN FACT: The stains you may see are not blood stains. There are blood stains on it from Lincoln, but very small. The stains you’re seeing are from wet and oily hair from men. After the Lincoln assassination the chair kind of bounced around for forensics and what have you before eventually being shoved in a closet where workers would take breaks while sitting in it.
It would be pretty rad if those were blood stains though.
My natural instincts isn’t to take photos of everything I come across, and I always regret it after the fact, but the rest are just random things I thought were cool from The Henry Ford.
It did not take me to the future. I mean, it kinda did because when I got there it was 2 minutes later.
If you were alive in 1999, this was basically all that was allowed to be talked about. We all thought the computers and banking systems would crash, the electrical grid would be fried, or the machines would turn on us Terminator-style. Not only did we survive, but it was very anti-climactic. In fact, nothing happened, at all.
Now this is my jam. I actually had this exact same carrying case. You could fit 4 game cartridges in those lil cargo short pocket-like things on the side, which was dope! Then the rest is filled up with your giant original Game Boy.
George Washington slept on this actual bed. It’s actually a travel cot/bed. It folds up nice and neatly into an easy-to-carry briefcase. It may have been the 1700s but those guys had some luxury!
