Fords Theatre, Lincoln Assassination
by Nmhm
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Fords Theatre, Lincoln Assassination
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Nmhm
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, on April 15, 1865. President Lincoln was assassinated here on April 14, 1865, the day before this photo was taken by the Mathew Brady Studio. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer who denounced the Lincoln Administration and was outraged by the South's defeat in the Civil War. He opposed the abolition of slavery and Lincoln's proposal to extend voting rights to recently emancipated slaves.
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September 7th, 2020
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