Doesn’t matter if it’s a silly bobblehead doll, it seems some might find it odd to buy a figurine of the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. The Gettysburg National Military Park visitors’ center removed the John Wilkes Booth bobblehead from its shelves recently, after a reporter asked about them.
The Associated Press says the bobbleheads of the most famous assassin were packaged in a box that looked like the inside of Ford’s theater, where Booth shot Lincoln. The little guys even wield handguns — you know, for shooting the President. They were only available for about a week before getting the boot on Saturday.
“On rare occasions, there’s an item that might cause concern, and obviously the bobbleheads appeared to be doing that,” Gettysburg Foundation spokeswoman Dru Anne Neil said Tuesday. She didn’t state whether there had been complaints or why the items were no longer for sale.
They appear to be somewhat popular elsewhere, as the dolls’ manufacturer says 150 of the original run of 250 have been sold, and more are being made.
Gettysburg gift shop pulls Booth bobbleheads [Associated Press]
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I would only buy it if it also came with a gimpy leg.
Then your name would be Mudd!
i woulda bought one.
I would only buy it if it also came with a gimpy leg.
You think that’s bad? My Lincoln bobble-head had a hole in the back of it.
They should sell both together as a special edition gift set. I’d buy that.
I feel a theme coming on. Coming soon… Lee Harvey Oswald bobbleheads packaged in boxes that looks like the Texas Schoolbook Repository, and John Hinckley, Jr. bobbleheads in boxes that looks like the Washington Hilton.
Poor Charles Guiteau… everyone knows Oswald and Booth. No one ever remembers Guiteau.
Because only slightly harder to remember than Guiteau is the man he assassinated, President Garfield.
What about Leon Czolgosz? Nobody remembers him or can spell his name, except maybe the McKinley family.
I dunno. I really like the Hitler bobble head I got at the Auschwitz gift shop.
I would pay for this with pennies and fives.
Not that I condone Booth’s actions, but this would appeal to my sense of humor.
But don’t forget the knife.
I’d buy it if it came in a discounted bundled with a pair of Black and Tan Nikes.
Someone should sell a John Wilkes Booth with Nike Black and Tan shoes and holding a Ben & Jerry’s pint of Black and Tan.
So long as I can then drink away my offensiveness with Yuengling Black and Tan.
I have no problem with the existence of such a product, nor with anyone who would purchase it.
I agree that they should not be sold in Gettysburg, or the Lincoln Memorial, etc.
Why would they be selling JWB bobbleheads at Gettysburg in the first place ?
Because their marketing people are morons.
I think you meant “their marketing people were geniuses”. From reading about this on other sites, the JWB bobblehead was a best seller.
No, they are morons. Creating a stir or selling out was not their intent. It was ancillary to their decision to carry it as just another item in their gift shop. It was pretty thoughtless, actually.
I’ll have to head up next weekend to ask about these (checking out the cherry blossoms this weekend – before the tourists arrive en masse).
history…why not sell it? History has a lot of messed up stuff…and I think everything about it should be taught and eventually sold. It get people talking about it.
Agreed. Most people forget we openly housed U.S. citizens of Japanese descent in internment camps, and had mock trials for supposed communists.
All people of every country should learn that they are not infallable.
STILL too soon eh?
I saw the picture and thought “they’re making ‘My Name is Earl’ bobbleheads?”
Then I read the headline and was kind of sad.
A Randy bobblehead would make every day a bit brighter.
I don’t even watch the show and that’s the first thing I thought.
Same.
The JWB bobble-head is no worse than one of Pee-Wee Herman.
After all, both are most famous for shooting someone in the back of the head in a theatre.
If they don’t sell them it never happened. Rewrite history, y’all.
In a related story the Rock and Roll hall of fame has decided to pass on the Mark David Chapman collector plates.