150th anniversary of Presidential Slaying
One hundred and fifty years ago the president of the United States was having what was supposed to have been a relaxing evening enjoying the production of the play, “Our American Cousin,” at the Ford Theater in Washington D.C., however, it turned into a presidential slaying of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by a point blank gunshot to the head by John Wilkes Booth and he died nine hours later on the following morning. In the hours of travel leading up to the presidential slaying, the President was with his family, his wife Mary Todd, and his two sons, 12 year old son Tad, and 21 year old Robert.
Presidential Slaying Comes 13 Hours after Breakfast
Unbeknown to them, the president had a…show more content… This would mark the end of years of death and tribulation for the United States as the young country made its travel into a more hopeful future.
Lincoln’s Last Words Were of His Marriage, Future Happiness
According to reports, Lincoln’s wife told those who asked about his last words that day, that her husband and she had talked about their marriage prior to the presidential slaying. The two reportedly were riding in a carriage that afternoon and Lincoln told her that they both needed to try to be happier in the future after they had suffered through things like the war and the death of their son, Willie.
She added that they had been cuddled up together at the theater prior to the fateful shot ringing out and that she had playfully asked her husband what their guest, a Miss Clara Harris, would think of this sudden display of their affection. Reportedly, Lincoln answered by telling Mary that the young woman “Won’t think anything about
