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Joe Barry
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📚 Author: "The First Pursuer" (upcoming), Veteran 🇺🇸, Visual Astronomer 🔭 www.joebarryauthor.com
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Joe Barry @joebarry.bsky.social · 8d
COMING SOON! "The First Pursuer: The Kentucky Giant Who Chased Lincoln's Assassin and Personified a Turbulent Nation."

For more on the amazing story of Joseph B. Stewart, the "Forrest Gump" of nineteenth century America, visit: joebarryauthor.com

#skystorians #booksky #history #biographies 📚✍🏻
Book cover of "The First Pursuer: The Kentucky Giant Who Chased Lincoln's Assassin and Personified a Turbulent Nation" by Joseph A. Barry. Shows 1865 linocut illustration of Joseph B. Stewart bursting out the back door of Ford's Theatre and chasing John Wilkes Booth on a horse.
joebarry.bsky.social
COMING SOON! "The First Pursuer: The Kentucky Giant Who Chased Lincoln's Assassin and Personified a Turbulent Nation."

For more on the amazing story of Joseph B. Stewart, the "Forrest Gump" of nineteenth century America, visit: joebarryauthor.com

#skystorians #booksky #history #biographies 📚✍🏻
Book cover of "The First Pursuer: The Kentucky Giant Who Chased Lincoln's Assassin and Personified a Turbulent Nation" by Joseph A. Barry. Shows 1865 linocut illustration of Joseph B. Stewart bursting out the back door of Ford's Theatre and chasing John Wilkes Booth on a horse.
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Come join me in April for this awesome tour, or if March 14 works better for you, sign up!

#skystorians #history #Lincoln #Booth #booksky #tours
linconspirators.bsky.social Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 13d
The world is madness right now, I know, but I’m really trying to get my tour business off the ground. I hope you’ll consider signing up for a tour covering the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth, another historical bad actor who plotted to abduct a President. 🗃️
assassinationtours.bsky.social Lincoln Assassination Tours @assassinationtours.bsky.social · 13d
Make a resolution to experience a Lincoln Assassination Tour in 2026. Follow the escape route of assassin John Wilkes Booth through D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, with lunch included! We are now booking three tours for March and April. Learn more and register today at: lincolnassassinationtours.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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It doesn't get any cooler than this.

💙 🎹 🎼

#American #jazz #Thelonius #Monk
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Thelonious Monk playing piano at the Lincoln Center in New York City, 1962. Photograph by Lawrence Shustak.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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I identify:
#astronomy #stargazing
Banksy unveils new mural in London depicting stargazing children
Elusive street artist Banksy appeared to confirm Monday that a new mural in London, depicting two children lying down and pointing up at the sky, is his latest work.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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🗃️ Listening to the audiobook of @desiarnazbook.bsky.social by Todd Purdum, I learned that Desi Arnaz had a newspaper announcing Abraham Lincoln’s death in his Desilu office. Lucy & Desi also appeared in the same gameshow as the last witness to Lincoln’s death:
youtu.be/do0bzKxZDM4?...
#skystorians
I've Got a Secret 2-9-56 Lucy & Desi, original commercials
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December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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With Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" airing on #PBS, here is a question: what was the final battle of the war? Hint: it's not #Yorktown. Here's my piece on the surprising answer, and a cautionary tale:

#history #skystorians #RevolutionaryWar #BlueLicks #blog
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Daniel boone meets Leeroy Jenkins — Joe Barry
How does a 2005-era viral video game meme relate to the American War of Independence? The answer is a cautionary tale on insufficient planning, lack of intelligence, and rash decisions.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Join the manhunt
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November 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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What was the final battle of the Revolutionary War? Hint: not #Yorktown. Read more here about the little-known battle in #Kentucky ...

#history #skystorians #blogs #RevolutionaryWar
Daniel boone meets Leeroy Jenkins — Joe Barry
How does a 2005-era viral video game meme relate to the American War of Independence? The answer is a cautionary tale on insufficient planning, lack of intelligence, and rash decisions.
joebarryauthor.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Visual astronomers, where are you at? Let's connect; show me what you're observing with! Me: 24" f/3.3 StarStruture Dob, 16x70 Fujinons. Not pictured: 6" f/6 Intes MakNewt and A-P 92mm f/6.6 Stowaway.

#astronomy #telescopes #binoculars #observing 🔭 🌟🌌
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Time for another weekend #writerslift!

Be bold, be #shameless drop links to your #books #blogs #poetry #art and #youtube. #like #follow and #retweet. Go #viral! #readers BUY A BOOK! Leave reviews! We need them.
#WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky #AuthorsandWriting #horrorsky
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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New blog post! How does a 2005-era viral video game meme relate to the American War of Independence? The answer is a cautionary tale on insufficient planning, lack of intelligence, and rash decisions.

#history #skystorians #Kentucky #DanielBoone #BlueLicks #RevolutionaryWar #blogs #booksky #gaming
Daniel boone meets Leeroy Jenkins — Joe Barry
How does a 2005-era viral video game meme relate to the American War of Independence? The answer is a cautionary tale on insufficient planning, lack of intelligence, and rash decisions.
joebarryauthor.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Black Friday Sale on Lincoln Assassination Tours! This will be an amazing tour put on by Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social. Sign up for the March tour, or, come sit next to me in April! #history #skystorians #abrahamlincoln
Black Friday Sale on Lincoln Assassination Tours
It’s Black Friday, otherwise known as “Every Business You’ve Ever Bought Something From Sends You an Email” Day. Generally, I’m not one to add to the chaos that is eve…
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November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Another awesome reason to join the Lincoln Assassination tour! #history #skystorians #Lincoln #tours
assassinationtours.bsky.social Lincoln Assassination Tours @assassinationtours.bsky.social · Nov 18
Sign up for a Lincoln Assassination Tour and visit Cleydael, the historic home of Dr. Richard Stuart. This private home has been beautifully restored by the owners, and they graciously allow us inside for a tour. Register for a Spring 2026 tour today: lincolnassassinationtours.com/register/
A photograph of Cleydael in King George, VA. An advertisement for Lincoln Assassination Tours with the website and a QR code included.
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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When the fugitive Lincoln assassination conspirator John Surratt was returned to the U.S. to face trial in 1867, he came face-to-face with members of the Kanza/Kaw tribe. For Native American Heritage Month, we share the story of The Kaw and the Last Lincoln Conspirator:
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The Kaw and the Last Lincoln Conspirator
YouTube video by Lincoln Assassination Tours
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November 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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If you open your MS Word app and see the horrible Copilot icon STUCK on the bottom of your document window, go to the link below (Mac version). Get a clue Microsoft; make this easier to fix; this is going to piss a lot of people off! Carbon over silicon. #writing #authors #ai #booksky
How to remove copilot from Word, or at least the icon? - Word for Mac - Microsoft Q&A
Microsoft seems to be forcing me to have a copilot icon on my word documents as I write. As an author, I need to start a blank page!! I already arranged to switch to 365 classic, but that doesn't sta...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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How Former American Slaves Found New Lives in the North #history
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Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North
The strangeness of the experience of running away, the abrupt departure of enslavement, shocked the consciousness of those who experienced it, creating a kind of daze that animated those who built …
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November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Excited to be published in the current Surratt Courier, the premiere forum on the #Lincoln #assassination since 1975. I introduce Joseph B. Stewart, the lawyer who chased Booth, and subject of my upcoming #biography. Read here: www.surrattmuseum.org/surratt-cour...
#history #skystorians #booksky
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Harper Goff painting in Feb 1946 Coronet Magazine.
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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For those in the capital region interested in history, this tour is going to be epic!

#history #skystorians #LincolnAssassination #Lincoln #tours
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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David Nagler's comments on the passing of his father, Al Nagler, founder of Tele Vue:

#astronomy #TeleVue 🔭✨
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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RIP Al Nagler, the man who revolutionized amateur astronomy with his optics at Tele Vue. You will be great missed. Pic from 2025 Northeast Astronomy Forum, where the Astronomy League recognized his contributions to astronomy. #astronomy #NEAF #TeleVue 🔭 ✨
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Introducing LincolnAssassinationTours.com lincolnconspirators.com/2025/10/23/i...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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For all the Lincoln fans and history buffs, Dave Taylor of LincolnConspirators.com has launched a tour company for the Booth escape route! Going to be incredible!
#history #skystorians #Lincoln
assassinationtours.bsky.social Lincoln Assassination Tours @assassinationtours.bsky.social · Oct 25
“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 6:40 PM
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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.
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The painting “Assassination of Lincoln” by Howard Hill (1872). It depicts Abraham Lincoln being carried out of Ford’s Theatre by a sobbing crowd. In the top right is a depiction of John Wilkes Booth and David Herold on horseback with Herold looking off to a vision of his execution and Booth rides full bore into a nest of hellish monsters.
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Call me petty, that's fine, but I just enjoyed blocking a *certain #Harvard #astronomer on Substack, so I don't have to see his nonsense. And no, I'm not going to say his name. ✌🏻👽🛸 #astronomy #junkscience #misinformation
October 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Harper Goff painting (1946) of John Wilkes Booth onstage Ford's Theatre with Joseph B. Stewart rushing to pursue the assassin. My upcoming book on Stewart reveals why he was the "Forrest Gump" of 19th century America.
#history #skystorians #biography #booksky
February 1946 Coronet issue with Harper Goff painting of John Wilkes Booth on stage. Two actresses frightened. Audience member Joseph B. Stewart entering stage to pursue the assassin.
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM