"Our American Cousin" Program - Lincoln Assassination
On the night of April 14th, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater in Washington DC. His assassin was the infamous John Wilkes Booth who was later shot and killed. President Lincoln was murdered while watching "Our American Cousin".
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