Time Travel: Is Visiting the Past and Future Possible?
or fact fiction SCIENCE science TIME TRAVEL IS MSITING ME PAST AND FUTURE POSSIBLE MEGAN BORGERT SPANIOL Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
journey through time 1 It was a cold morning on November 19 1863 Thousands of people were gathered in Gettysburg Pennsylvania They had come to hear President Lincoln deliver what would become his famous Gettysburg Address Ten-year-old Andrew Basiago was among the crowd Andrew had dressed as a bugle boy to blend in with other boys at the event But he had lost his shoes during his journey to Gettysburg Now he was wearing a borrowed pair of men’s shoes Andrew felt that his oversized shoes were attracting attention He decided to step away from the gathered crowd He clutched a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles In it Andrew asked Welles to help him if he was arrested Andrew did not belong in the year 1863 In fact he had come from more than 100 years in the future Now an adult Basiago has shared this story with the public since 2004 For evidence he points to a photo 4
The Gettysburg Address is one of the most well-known speeches in US history Lincoln spoke about equality and freedom in the face of the Civil War taken at the Gettysburg Address The photo shows a young boy in big shoes standing apart from the crowd Basiago claims the boy is his younger self Did Basiago really travel through time 5
