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Abraham Lincoln reenactors bring history to life at Menno fundraiser

MENNO, S.D. — Abraham Lincoln walked into the Menno High School gymnasium Wednesday night — not for a history lesson, but to help raise funds for the Menno Historical Society's new museum, with a ...
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This Civil War conspirator had one job on Lincoln’s assassination night – thankfully, he chickened out

Wikimedia Commons/Library of Congress George Atzerodt’s failed assassination of Andrew Johnson One man’s cowardice saved a ...
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The untold story of Henry Rathbone, the PTSD-riddled major who tried to catch Lincoln’s assassin at Ford’s Theater

Wikimedia Commons/National Photo Company Collection Henry Rathbone’s descent into madness When John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln ...

Things to know about the release of federal documents related to MLK’s assassination

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal records related to the investigation into the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King ...