Scott Schroeder
@ushxguy.bsky.social
Healthcare professional. Independent historian/researcher. Pop culture lover. Aspiring polymath.
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I’m very excited to announce my new venture, LincolnAssassinationTours.com. We offer an all day guided bus tour covering the escape & manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. Experience history firsthand as we hunt down John Wilkes Booth in the comfort of an air conditioned motorcoach. #skystorians 🗃️
A President murdered. His assassins on the run. A nation in mourning.
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’m very excited to announce my new venture, LincolnAssassinationTours.com. We offer an all day guided bus tour covering the escape & manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. Experience history firsthand as we hunt down John Wilkes Booth in the comfort of an air conditioned motorcoach. #skystorians 🗃️
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LincolnAssassinationTours.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I am a historian of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and a former elementary school teacher. I love everything about #publichistory. I hope my fellow #skystorians 🗃️ and history enthusiasts will consider taking a tour with my new business, LincolnAssassinationTours.com.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I am a historian of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and a former elementary school teacher. I love everything about #publichistory. I hope my fellow #skystorians 🗃️ and history enthusiasts will consider taking a tour with my new business, LincolnAssassinationTours.com.
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Save the date for next year's banquet and symposium on February 12 and 13, 2026 at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. Join us for a day of scholarship and discourse on the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
October 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Save the date for next year's banquet and symposium on February 12 and 13, 2026 at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. Join us for a day of scholarship and discourse on the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
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“After several years of absence Dave Taylor is renewing the Booth Escape Tour. I can’t think of a better person to narrate this exciting tour... Dave is clearly the leader of a new generation of assassination scholars. Take the tour. You will love it!” - Ed Steers
October 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“After several years of absence Dave Taylor is renewing the Booth Escape Tour. I can’t think of a better person to narrate this exciting tour... Dave is clearly the leader of a new generation of assassination scholars. Take the tour. You will love it!” - Ed Steers
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A President murdered. His assassins on the run. A nation in mourning.
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A President murdered. His assassins on the run. A nation in mourning.
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
Join us for a historic, true crime bus tour like no other as you become part of the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. We are now booking tours for Spring 2026.
LincolnAssassinationTours.com
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Just a few more days of this special photography exhibit displayed at Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office.
You'll see almost life-size images of Civil War nurses, read their stories, and walk through an incredibly historic place.
You'll see almost life-size images of Civil War nurses, read their stories, and walk through an incredibly historic place.
August 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just a few more days of this special photography exhibit displayed at Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office.
You'll see almost life-size images of Civil War nurses, read their stories, and walk through an incredibly historic place.
You'll see almost life-size images of Civil War nurses, read their stories, and walk through an incredibly historic place.
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lincoln-institute.org/scholarship-... The Abraham Lincoln Institute announces a travel grant of $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) for graduate students in the Civil War field. #Skystorians #CivilWarHistory
July 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
lincoln-institute.org/scholarship-... The Abraham Lincoln Institute announces a travel grant of $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) for graduate students in the Civil War field. #Skystorians #CivilWarHistory
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An old blog post of mine was recently linked to in an article from The Guardian. The increase in visitors motivated me to revise the piece with better text and images. Here’s the newly improved “[John Wilkes] Booth at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration.” lincolnconspirators.com/2012/05/31/b... 🗃
Booth at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration
On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second time following his reelection in November of 1864. With hopes that an end to the Civil War was in sight, Lincoln gave a hist…
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July 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
An old blog post of mine was recently linked to in an article from The Guardian. The increase in visitors motivated me to revise the piece with better text and images. Here’s the newly improved “[John Wilkes] Booth at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration.” lincolnconspirators.com/2012/05/31/b... 🗃
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With Independence Day approaching fast, I wrote my latest @cwmonitor.bsky.social Lincoln Log on his deep, and sometimes complicated, connection to the Declaration of Independence:
www.civilwarmonitor.com/conceived-in...
www.civilwarmonitor.com/conceived-in...
“Conceived in Liberty”
Historian Christian McWhirter on how Abraham Lincoln's thinking on the Declaration of Independence fundamentally shaped how he defined freedom.
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June 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Register today for the Third Annual ALA Summer Symposium to hear Scott Schroeder & David Weigers present “The Lincoln Sculpture Project—A Digital World Tour.” The event will be held at the Cantigny Park Visitors’ Theater Center, Wheaton, Illinois, on Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 9:00am-12:00pm.
June 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Register today for the Third Annual ALA Summer Symposium to hear Scott Schroeder & David Weigers present “The Lincoln Sculpture Project—A Digital World Tour.” The event will be held at the Cantigny Park Visitors’ Theater Center, Wheaton, Illinois, on Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 9:00am-12:00pm.
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Great news for those studying the American Civil war and Lincoln! The rare 1st and 2nd supplements to the “Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln” are now available online courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Check it out/ pass it on! #skystorians
abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abraham-linc...
abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abraham-linc...
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln | The Abraham Lincoln Association
Originally published by ALA in 1953, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln is a multi-volume set of Lincoln’s correspondence, speeches, and other writings.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Great news for those studying the American Civil war and Lincoln! The rare 1st and 2nd supplements to the “Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln” are now available online courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Check it out/ pass it on! #skystorians
abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abraham-linc...
abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abraham-linc...
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln | The Abraham Lincoln Association
Originally published by ALA in 1953, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln is a multi-volume set of Lincoln’s correspondence, speeches, and other writings.
abrahamlincolnassociation.org
February 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Great news for those studying the American Civil war and Lincoln! The rare 1st and 2nd supplements to the “Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln” are now available online courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Check it out/ pass it on! #skystorians
abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abraham-linc...
abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abraham-linc...
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Enjoying the NYE Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy? I wrote an in-depth analysis of the Lincoln assassination episode, Back There: lincolnconspirators.com/2024/10/22/b... #skystorians
January 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Enjoying the NYE Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy? I wrote an in-depth analysis of the Lincoln assassination episode, Back There: lincolnconspirators.com/2024/10/22/b... #skystorians
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I wrote an extremely deep-dive into the Lincoln assassination episode of The Twilight Zone that debuted on this date in 1961: lincolnconspirators.com/2024/10/22/b...
#skystorians
#skystorians
January 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I wrote an extremely deep-dive into the Lincoln assassination episode of The Twilight Zone that debuted on this date in 1961: lincolnconspirators.com/2024/10/22/b...
#skystorians
#skystorians
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In 1865, four of the conspirators convicted of assisting in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln were sentenced to serve time at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. In my new video series, I explore what life was like in this isolated prison. #skystorians
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/23/t...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/23/t...
The Lincoln Conspirators at Fort Jefferson Documentary Series
Slumbering in the midst of the Gulf of Mexico at the very end of the Florida Keys is a unique relic of the past. It is the largest brick masonry fort in the Western Hemisphere, built to guard Ameri…
lincolnconspirators.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:25 PM
In 1865, four of the conspirators convicted of assisting in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln were sentenced to serve time at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. In my new video series, I explore what life was like in this isolated prison. #skystorians
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/23/t...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/23/t...
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The Civil War led to Fort Jefferson being transformed into a military prison for disloyal Union soldiers. In the second installment of my documentary series, we learn how Fort Jefferson also came to house the Lincoln assassination conspirators. #skystorians
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/25/a...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/25/a...
A Prison for the Lincoln Conspirators
The Civil War led to a significant change for Fort Jefferson. Rather than just being a military garrison on the gulf, the fort was transformed into an isolated island prison for disloyal and crimin…
lincolnconspirators.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:46 PM
The Civil War led to Fort Jefferson being transformed into a military prison for disloyal Union soldiers. In the second installment of my documentary series, we learn how Fort Jefferson also came to house the Lincoln assassination conspirators. #skystorians
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/25/a...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/25/a...
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On Sept. 25, 1865, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd attempted to make his escape from his island prison of Fort Jefferson. In the third installment of my video series on the imprisonment of the Lincoln conspirators, we explore Dr. Mudd’s Escape. #skystorians 🗃️
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/27/d...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/27/d...
Dr. Mudd’s Escape
After two months of being imprisoned at the Dry Tortugas, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd had come to a decision. He had witnessed first-hand other prisoners make their escape by stowing aboard the supply ships…
lincolnconspirators.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
On Sept. 25, 1865, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd attempted to make his escape from his island prison of Fort Jefferson. In the third installment of my video series on the imprisonment of the Lincoln conspirators, we explore Dr. Mudd’s Escape. #skystorians 🗃️
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/27/d...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/27/d...
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Part four of my video series about the Lincoln assassination conspirators’ imprisonment at Fort Jefferson is up! In this installment, we look at the time the men spent locked up in the “dungeon” - a dark and inhospitable area of the fort. #skystorians 🗃️
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/29/t...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/29/t...
The Dungeon
In the aftermath of Dr. Mudd’s escape attempt in 1865, the Lincoln conspirators found themselves removed from their regular cell in the second tier of the fort and placed into a locked room o…
lincolnconspirators.com
November 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Part four of my video series about the Lincoln assassination conspirators’ imprisonment at Fort Jefferson is up! In this installment, we look at the time the men spent locked up in the “dungeon” - a dark and inhospitable area of the fort. #skystorians 🗃️
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/29/t...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/11/29/t...
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Residing at the Dry Tortugas was a constant struggle against insects, climate, and disease. In part five of my video series, we look at how the Lincoln assassination conspirators experienced Life and Death at Fort Jefferson. #skystorians 🗃️
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/12/01/l...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/12/01/l...
Life and Death at Fort Jefferson
In the fifth part of the series, we look at the everyday life of the Lincoln conspirators. We examine the daily struggles of insects, disease, and poor food which made it challenging to survive on …
lincolnconspirators.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Residing at the Dry Tortugas was a constant struggle against insects, climate, and disease. In part five of my video series, we look at how the Lincoln assassination conspirators experienced Life and Death at Fort Jefferson. #skystorians 🗃️
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/12/01/l...
lincolnconspirators.com/2024/12/01/l...
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Part six of my video series about the imprisonment of the Lincoln assassination conspirators is out! In this part, a Yellow Fever epidemic strikes Fort Jefferson, leading to the death of one of the conspirators. #skystorians 🗃️ lincolnconspirators.com/2024/12/03/y...
Yellow Fever
Of all the diseases that threatened the residents of the Dry Tortugas, none were as terrifying as “Yellow Jack.” Fort Jefferson had previously fallen victim to the plague of yellow feve…
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December 3, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Part six of my video series about the imprisonment of the Lincoln assassination conspirators is out! In this part, a Yellow Fever epidemic strikes Fort Jefferson, leading to the death of one of the conspirators. #skystorians 🗃️ lincolnconspirators.com/2024/12/03/y...
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Hello, followers! I’m an expert on the Lincoln assassination. I study all aspects of April 14, 1865, including the lives of the assassin & his conspirators. Addressing John Wilkes Booth’s dark radicalization in white supremacy and political violence sheds light on Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy.
November 10, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Hello, followers! I’m an expert on the Lincoln assassination. I study all aspects of April 14, 1865, including the lives of the assassin & his conspirators. Addressing John Wilkes Booth’s dark radicalization in white supremacy and political violence sheds light on Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy.
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