On April 21, 1865, The New York Times published a letter given to them by John Wilkes Booth's brother-in-law, John S. Clarke.
Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865. The ninth of 10 ...
Northwestern University students canceled a musical following backlash from some students over the use of the n-word by a ...
Isn’t that a bizarre thing to say? Not too bizarre, evidently, for the social media campaign that pressured a Northwestern University theater group into cancelling its production of Stephen Sondheim’s ...
On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...
The remains of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the assassin, wore removed from Washington on Monday afternoon, and arrived here on the same evening. An order was obtained Monday morning, and J. C. WEAVER ...
Where did you shoot the recreations? Most were shot in southern Maryland or Virginia, in the same places that John Wilkes Booth escaped during his 12 day run. For example, when we were shooting ...
An curved arrow pointing right. Though his brother John is known for killing President Lincoln, Edwin Booth was a very different man. Here’s why there’s a massive statue of him in New York ...