President Abraham Lincoln鈥檚 tragic assassination in April 1865 is an image as powerful today as any. Adding to the image is the fact that Lincoln鈥檚 dog, Fido, wound up with his owner鈥檚 fate. Hopefully you鈥檝e had your morning coffee.
Fun Fact of the day:
Lincoln鈥檚 dog was named Fido and as the first presidential dog to ever be photographed, he helped popularize the name to the point of clich茅. There are a few surviving photos of the yellow lab mix.
The story was told by Johnny Roll, a member of Fido鈥檚 adoptive family, to Time Magazine in 1954.
One year after Lincoln was assassinated by stage actor John Wilkes Booth, Fido also met a tragic end. The dog ran up to a drunken man sitting on a curb, jumping up on him with dirty paws. The man, in a drunken rage, knifed the dog.
鈥淪o Fido, just a poor yellow dog, met the same fate as his illustrious master 鈥� assassination,鈥� said Roll in the Time interview.
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The region is in store for sun and cloud, with 40 per cent chances of flurries in 麻豆精选, Vernon and Salmon Arm this morning.
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In case you missed it:
Winnipeg police are investigating graffiti at the headquarters of the Manitoba RCMP, among other locations. The buildings and the monument outside the RCMP office were spray painted with slogans that appear to be linked to protests against a planned natural gas pipeline through Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n First Nation land.
Winnipeg police investigating graffiti on RCMP and other buildings https://t.co/6YGtY8Zdlf
鈥� Vernon Morning Star (@VernonNews) February 27, 2020
Video of the day:
Some dogs just care too much about their jobs.
WATCH: Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n supporters vow to keep protesting at B.C. legislature
