159th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

159 years ago today, an actor named John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln. It was the second attempted assassination on a President (the first was Andrew Jackson), but the first one to unfortunately succeed. This is a short video on the 1860 election, the threats to Lincoln once he won in 1860, the threats he had during his Presidency, his assassination, and his death. This is an extended clip from a future video, an historical spotlight video on the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, coming May 2024.