Short Stack: Kennedy and Lincoln; James LaBold, Mold blown glass and mixed media
President’s Day is a federal holiday observed in the United States on the third Monday of February. It is a day that celebrate all U.S. presidents.
In honor of Presidents Day 2020 – we celebrate with works by glass sculptor James LaBold.
Artist James Labold LOVES glass sculpture!
Labold’s glass and mixed media sculpture explores the connections between patriotism, national identity, and mythology in both object based and installation formats. He is inspired by the American ideals embodied in the historic sites of the Revolution as well as the reality of the crumbling factories and neighborhoods surrounding them. In 2015 he received his MFA in Glass at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, famous for David Letterman, Garfield, and Bob Ross.
The Lincoln-Kennedy Coincidences – Not long after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, a list of seemingly amazing coincidences between the two men’s lives appeared, and it has been widely and continuously reprinted and circulated ever since:
- Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
- Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
- Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
- Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
- Both Lincoln and Kennedy were shot from behind in the head while seated.
- Both were succeeded by men named Johnson.
- Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
- Booth (who shot Lincoln) ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald (who shot Kennedy) ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
- Both Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
- Both assassins were known by their three names which are equally composed of fifteen letters.
- Lincoln was shot at the theater named ‘Ford’ while Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘Lincoln.’
And the real unusual coincidence –
- A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland. A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.
Happy Presidents Day!!