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Tag Archives: “Our American Cousin”
154 years ago this month, April 14, 1865, Mary and Abraham Lincoln invited a young couple to join them to see the popular English comedy play “Our American Cousin.” As it turned out, the simple, kind invitation doomed the recipients to madness and death after they witnessed President Lincoln’s assassination. AN UNCONVENTIONAL COUPLE Continue Reading »
April 11, 2018, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Andre Stojka, assassin, audiobook, Carl Bersch, Civil War, Clara Harris, Dr. Charles Leale, Germany, Hildesheim cemetery, Hildesheim Germany, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassination, Listen2Read audiobooks, Major Henry Reed Rathbone, Mary and Abraham Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Northern Army, Province of Hanover, U.S. Consul, White House, “Lincoln’s Last Hours”, “Our American Cousin”
151 years ago this month, a vicious, violent attack on the United Stated government took place: President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. But there was a second assassination attempt that dreadful evening, which fewer people know about. It was aimed at Secretary of State William H. Seward and it was witnessed by his terrified daughter. Continue Reading »
April 6, 2016, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Andre F Stojka, April 14 1865, Assassination, audiobook, Augustus Seward, Belgium, Bowie knife, Charles Augustus Leale, Confederate, Fanny Seward, Ford’s Theatre, France, Frederick Seward, George F. Robinson, John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell, Listen2Read, Mary Todd Lincoln, Pakistan, President, Publisher, Reconstruction, Secretary of State, South, Syracuse University Press, Trudy Krisher, United States, Violent attacks, Washington D.C., William H Seward, “Fanny Seward: A Life”, “Lincoln’s Last Hours”, “Our American Cousin”
On April 14, 1865, Charles Augustus Leale was a 23-year old Union army medical officer, just two months out of Bellevue Medical College in New York. He was in charge of the Officers Ward in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C. That evening he decided to see a play at nearby Ford’s Theatre. The famous English Continue Reading »
November 6, 2014, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln PresidentialLibrary, Andre Stojka, audiobook, Bellevue Medical College, Charles Augustus Leale, Ford’s Theatre, Helena Iles Papaioannou, John Wilkes Booth, Laura Keene, Lincoln Assasination, Listen to Read, Listen2Read, Mary Todd Lincon, Natioanl Archives, President Lincoln, Springfield Illinois, Surgeon General, Tom Taylor, Washginton D.C., “Lincoln’s Last Hours”, “Our American Cousin”
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