Joe Barry

@joebarry.bsky.social

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📚 Author: "The First Pursuer" (upcoming), Veteran 🇺🇸, Visual Astronomer 🔭 www.joebarryauthor.com

July 4, 1863 Harper's Weekly lithograph of enslaved people rushing to boat on Combahee River following the successful rescue mission involving Harriet Tubman.
Private John Finnegan, 98th New York Volunteer Infantry. Witnessed Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre.
Freedom's Beacon article by Joe Barry in June 2026 issue of Sky & Telescope Magazine.
Bright red giant star Betelgeuse, Alpha Orionis
Book cover of "The First Pursuer: The Kentucky Giant Who Chased Lincoln's Assassin and Personified a Turbulent Nation" by Joseph A. Barry. Shows 1865 linocut illustration of Joseph B. Stewart bursting out the back door of Ford's Theatre and chasing John Wilkes Booth on a horse.
Harper Goff painting in Feb 1946 Coronet Magazine.
February 1946 Coronet issue with Harper Goff painting of John Wilkes Booth on stage. Two actresses frightened. Audience member Joseph B. Stewart entering stage to pursue the assassin.
Engraving of John Wilkes Booth on stage at Ford's Theatre holding knife above head, with crowd in uproar. Joseph B. Stewart entering stage.
Boy holding horse in the dark behind a building.
Exterior of James Garfield Memorial with large tower and soapstone walls.
Joseph B. Stewart pursuing John Wiles Booth out of Ford's Theatre.
TEC 140 APO refractor and 16x70 Fujinon binoculars at Bahia Honda State Park, Florida Keys.
Person standing in field with telescope.
Manhunt Author James Swanson with Joe Barry outside back entrance of Ford's Theatre, April 14, 2023..
Pressed flower from circa 1870s in Holland. Outline of flower visible in stain of wrapping paper.
National Archives II at College Park, Maryland. Glass and concrete building.
New York Public Library entrance with grand Roman columns lion statue, and steps.
Sign welcoming visitors to Flagstaff, Arizona: “AZ stellar as it gets. World’s first international dark sky city.”