150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination
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Abraham Lincoln drew his last mortal breath at 7:22 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, 1865 – 150 years ago.
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Few events in American history unleashed deeper and more profound mass mourning than the assassination of Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago, on April 15, 1865.
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There’s nothing quite like wandering around the spot where a historic event occurred to help the imagination grasp how it all unfolded.
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“Don’t know the manners of good society, eh?” Asa Trenchard said to Mrs. Mountchessington.
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Actors will take the stage April 14 in Springfield, Ill., to perform a comedy that is remembered for its role in an American tragedy.
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Here are some of the many places to learn more about Lincoln and his extraordinary story: Washington, D.C.
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The Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., opens a small exhibition Wednesday (today) that displays handwritten notes made by doctors who performed an autopsy on President Abraham Lincoln.
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A decade and a half into the 21st century, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is under fire, and white-on-black violence brings the cry that black lives matter.
