Category: Presidential Assassinations
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Death of Lincoln
President Lincoln along with his wife and guests try to relax with some light comedy at Ford’s Theater on the evening of April 14, 1865. The entertainment for the evening is the play, “Our American Cousin”. Lincoln’s normal bodyguard was not present that night. In his place, guarding the door leading to the Presidential Box,… Read more
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Garfield Assassination
Brief Look at the Assassination of President James A. Garfield: On July 2, 1881, President James Garfield was shot in the back at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington D.C. by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled political office seeker with a .442 Webley British Bulldog Revolver. Garfield suffered for weeks as doctors frantically tried saving him.… Read more