Today in History 14 April 1865 – The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

The euphoria of Union victory came to a sudden halt on the night of April 14, 1865, when President Lincoln was shot while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre. As the president lay dying in a house across the street from the theater, Senator Charles Sumner appeared at his bedside. Keeping his deathbed vigil throughout [...] The post Today in History 14 April 1865 – The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln first appeared on Samoa Global News .
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