Thursday, April 9, 2015
April 14,1865 At Ford’s Theater Comments
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A comfortable rocking chair, a woven shawl upon his lap,
Lincoln sat in the Presidential box with trouble lurking at his back.
His guard had a terrible thirst-which he quenched at the neighboring bar.
The war was over after all-Who expected an attack?
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Bri Edwards
02 April 2023
So, I guess I just learned more about the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, the 'Civil War President.
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'16th president of the United States (1861-65) , who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. '