Image Credit: By unattributed; based on the depiction from a mechanical glass slide by T. M. McAllister of New York, c1865-75 (Heritage Auctions) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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150 Years ago this week – Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. Only five days prior – General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia – effectively ending the civil war.
For further study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html
https://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination