https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AATDhGrhyjU
An innocent victim of Abraham Lincoln and his time machine.
Loved it!
“who thought the best country in the history of the world was the United States as it existed before the Civil War”
Well, it was.
He was also named for the British radical John Wilkes, who supported American independence and for whom Wilkes Barre Pa. was named. He also was the first one quoted in the following exchange,””Sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox,” Wilkes is reported to have replied, “That depends, my lord, on whether I embrace your lordship’s principles or your mistress.”
These guys were an odd mix back then.