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POINT TO THE BENEFITS
“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The world spun into a palpable state of shock. While there was deep opposition to his greatest achievements, this was not the way the president was supposed to die. When John Wilkes Booth entered Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, the implications of his actions were the last thing on his mind. Stirring up more emotion than patrons had anticipated, Booth approached President Abraham Lincoln from behind, firing his Philadelphia Deringer. The following morning on April 15, Lincoln was pronounced dead, the first US president to be assassinated.
In the weeks that followed, a series of events were held, mourning the president’s ...
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