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Bobblehead dolls of John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, were pulled from the shelves of the Gettysburg National Military Park visitors’ center bookstore on Saturday.
Officials at the park–including the park superintendent, the foundation president and the bookstore manager–decided the bobbleheads shouldn’t be for sale at the historic site. The Battle of Gettysburg had the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and it was during the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery that President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most well-known speeches in United States history.
The bobblehead dolls are about 7 inches tall, feature Booth holding a handgun, and come in packaging that looks like the inside of a theater. The dolls sell online for about $20 each.
Bobblehead, LLC, a Kansas City, Mo. company that manufacturers the controversial doll, stated that the Booth doll is a “big seller.”
No word yet if the company is planning to extend the line to include Charles J. Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz and Lee Harvey Oswald figures.
Read more at Detroit Free Press.