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From the moment Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States on November 6, 1860, he was no stranger to death threats. In fact, he compiled a vast array of menacing letters in a ...
A small section of a actress Laura Keen's dress bearing a dark blood stain from President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination will be up for sale later this month.
The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for bid, 136 of which sold.
Op-Ed: When Lincoln died, a nation mourned -- or did it? Few events in American history unleashed deeper and more profound mass mourning than the assassination of Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago, on ...
One child is heard gasping and exclaiming, "Did Abraham Lincoln die?" as the rest of the class erupts into tears. Cal, clearly caught off guard, can be heard laughing in disbelief at the intense ...
Edward Steers talked about the book he edited, [The Trial: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators], published in 2003 by University Press of Kentucky. He discussed… ...
The assassination of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre, Washington DC.© Getty Images ...
Two tickets believed to have been used at Ford’s Theatre in Washington the night of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination sold at auction Saturday for $262,500.
Abraham Lincoln's bloodstained gloves from Ford's Theatre sold for $1.52 million at auction. Other items included a handkerchief and a "wanted" poster.
It's called "Manhunt," and it dramatizes the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the 12-day hunt for his killer, John Wilkes Booth. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was one of the biggest turning points in American history, and the new Apple TV+ series “Manhunt” examines the behind-the-scenes drama of a wartime ...