Wednesday, April 14, 2021

O Captain! My Captain!

It was on this date in 1865 that John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln as President Lincoln sat in his box at the Fords Theatre wathing a performance of Our American Cousin


Image from biography.com


President Lincoln succumbed to his wounds at 7:22 am on April 15.  




-AK 




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