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April 15, 2026

Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln spent the evening of April
14 at Ford’s Theater in Washington, That night, John Wilkes Booth
entered the presidential box and fatally shot Lincoln, As
Americans mourned Lincoln’s death, Andrew Johnson restored the
political power of the Confederates, Congress fought back, and
after discrimination based on race became punishable, the
Confederate rhetoric turned to economics, Right wing movements,
claiming they fought for individual liberty expanded, eventually
joined the planning and execution of the January 6 attack on the
Capitol in 2021, Trump pardoned the participants, On April 15,
President Abraham Lincoln died, breaking the hearts of those who
supported his actions to preserve American democracy.

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