wife, Mary Todd Lincoln went to see Our American Cousin, a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. After a majority of difficult, arduous days that he had recently experienced, Lincoln was abnormally happy that day. Even he proclaimed this happiness to those around him. Everything was going well, but when Lincoln was watching the play in Ford’s theater, a bitter man ruined everything. The harsh, evil man, John Wilkes Booth, snuck towards Abraham Lincoln’s seat and killed the President, shooting him…
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