A lithograph print of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, which took place on April 14, 1865, when U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. From left to right: U.S. Major Henry Rathbone, Rathbone's fiancée Clara Harris, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, and the assassin John Wilkes Booth. The assassination was one of the last major events of the American Civil War.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Today's Featured Picture.
A lithograph print of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, which took place on April 14, 1865, when U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. From left to right: U.S. Major Henry Rathbone, Rathbone's fiancée Clara Harris, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, and the assassin John Wilkes Booth. The assassination was one of the last major events of the American Civil War.
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