Gettysburg museum store pulls John Wilkes Booth bobblehead
A John Wilkes Booth bobblehead doll, is seen for sale alongside a President Abraham Lincoln bobblehead doll at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitors Center Battlefield Bookstore Friday, It was removed on Saturday following inquiries from The Evening Sun newspaper. By Shane Dunlap, The Evening Sun, AP
The newspaper says the figurines were pulled this weekend after a reporter began making inquiries about them.
The Sun, quoting an email from the Gettysburg Foundation, says its president, Joanne Hanley, and Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Bob Kirby both supported the move.
About 250 Booth bobbleheads were manufactured four months ago as a gag gift for Civil War enthusiasts, according to Matt Powers, of the Kansas City-based by Bobblehead, LLC..
He tells the newspaper that the company has made over a million bobbleheads -- including one of Osama bin Laden -- but has never had one pulled before.
The Evening Sun's Tim Prudente quotes prominent Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer as saying he thought the figurine was in bad taste.
"It's like selling Lee Harvey Oswald stuffed dolls at the Kennedy Center," he says.
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