Saints Lincoln and Kennedy
The Assassination of Lincoln is well known but few know the whole truth behind the death of the president, and others...
Lincoln returned to Springfield, IL by train at his wife's wishes.
John Wilkes Booth - he admitted to killing Lincoln.
Its a thriller about the night Lincoln was shoot.
Senator Hale's daughter was engaged to JWB.
Robert Todd Lincoln. Edwin Booth had saved RTL on a train platform.
The Booth family was at danger in their home because the mob started to watch them.
DC to Virginia - North to South escape.
Fredrick Douglass was chosen as the poet to describe Lincoln.
Trial of the Conspiracy
Military Tribunal for Conspiracy Trial of Lincoln's Assassination - tried to prove it was a grand conspiracy all the way back to Jefferson.
Booth's original kidnapping plot.
8 people, Mary Serat 1st woman sentenced to hang.
4 hung to death - July 7 Judgement Day 0 Hang the convicted conspirators. Had to have tickets to see the execution. The soldiers stood on the high wall
The military hid the records because they were ashamed.
Mudd - The killed the doctor that attended JWB's leg. They didnt have TV back then. He had no idea that someone had killed the president so he had no reason to
Shock and Grief Would Linger
Attempts to Steal Lincoln's Body,
A boy slept with Lincoln for 6 months
http://crazyhorsesghost.hubpages.com/hub/Stealing-Lincolns-Body
Then the Lincoln Memorial
MLK gave the I have a dream speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial
Gives a sense of purpose and continuity
Lincoln's Inaugurla Address - the four score speech
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