Diners at restaurant where Lincoln assassination was planned think US is as divided now as the Civil War
In light of two recent assassination attempts against former president Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming election, The ...
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Diners at restaurant where Lincoln assassination was planned think US is as divided now as the Civil War
Geri Roth, a substitute teacher from North Carolina, was unaware she’d been chowing down on egg rolls in the same place conspirators planned Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865.
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The Lincoln Assassination: Was Mary Surratt a Conspirator?
The southern widow's Maryland house was a crucial stop on the escape route for assassin John Wilkes Booth the night he shot the president. Read more about Abraham ...
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ASSASSINATION IN AMERICA
On April 14, 1865, just days after the conclusion of the Civil War, the country witnessed a critical turning point in ...
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Lincoln comes alive at the library
When you think of Abraham Lincoln what comes to mind? I’m sure his Emancipation Proclamation, assassination at Ford’s Theatre, and face on the penny and $5 bill all come to mind. Did you know he was ...
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Land of the Free review
Abraham Lincoln assassination story is oversaturated, meandering and hard to follow John Wilkes Booth, the roguish actor who shot dead US President Abraham Lincoln at a theatre in 1865 ...
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Sudden Death, Assassination Attempts, and Mourning
Eight presidents have died in office. Four died from natural causes—William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Four were killed by assassins’ bullets—Abraham ...