My assistant was the one who made me look towards the story behind Lincoln's assassination. I did a blog post a year and some ago about Lincoln's time here in Annapolis. She had gone to the Ford's Theatre to see their production of the Christmas Carol at the holidays. She's not from this area, and thought it was pretty cool (and took her kids too) to see the place where Lincoln was shot. When she came back, she said there was this whole museum you could look through that detailed the whole complex workings behind Lincoln's assassination. Not only were they killing him, but the plan was to kill his Secretary of State William Seward and the Vice President Andrew Johnson. Here's another story of our American History that shortens what actually happens.
And it wasn't just John Wilkes Booth! He had 3 accomplices, and his mother (of all people) was involved! So when I saw this brochure published by visitmaryland.org I was intrigued! There's a large map that details all the places in the journey, from as far north as Baltimore, through DC and ending at Garrett's Farm in Virginia.
What impressed me about the Visit Maryland site is that this brochure is available to download! I've done it here for you, so you can either print it from them or from here. Either way, what a fascinating story! Thanks to the National Archives for the great photo of John Wilkes Booth.
And it wasn't just John Wilkes Booth! He had 3 accomplices, and his mother (of all people) was involved! So when I saw this brochure published by visitmaryland.org I was intrigued! There's a large map that details all the places in the journey, from as far north as Baltimore, through DC and ending at Garrett's Farm in Virginia.
What impressed me about the Visit Maryland site is that this brochure is available to download! I've done it here for you, so you can either print it from them or from here. Either way, what a fascinating story! Thanks to the National Archives for the great photo of John Wilkes Booth.
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