Discover the bizarre history of the John Wilkes Booth mummy, a strange arsenic-preserved corpse that toured American carnivals as Lincoln’s alleged assassin.
Tag: Abraham Lincoln assassination
How Presidential Assassinations Changed U.S. Politics
Discover how the tragic assassinations of four U.S. presidents fundamentally reshaped American democracy, from civil service reform to civil rights.
What Lincoln Said in His Final Speech
Discover the profound significance of Abraham Lincoln’s final public speech on April 11, 1865, which outlined Reconstruction and sealed his tragic history.