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Lincoln's Death
Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s Theatre, in Washington, D. C., on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth. It was on Good Friday. -
Booth's death
An army of soldiers surround Garret's farm. Herold a good friend of Booth and he helped kill Lincoln at the Ford'sTheatre. He lead Booth to the house of Dr. Samuel Mudd who helped heal Booth's leg. Herold surrenders too a group of soldiers. They set the house on fire and shot Booth in the back of the neck. By sunrise he was dead. -
The Fourteenth Amendment
July ninth
The Amendment was made for citizenships rights and protection of the laws, in response to issues to the slaves following the American Civil War. -
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is connected to Manhattan and used to cross. -
Yellowstone National Park is the 1st National Park founded
In 1871 Yellowstone was founded as the first National Park. Ulysses S. Grant signed the Act of Dedication which made Yellowstone a national park along with James G. Blaine and Schuylar Colfax. -
The National League was founded by the MLB.
1876
On February 2, 1876 the National League was founded (The AL wasn’t founded until 1901 and the MLB was founded in 1869.) by Abner Doubleday. The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first MLB team. -
Abraham Lincoln's body almost was stolen
On November 7,1876 Terrence Mullen and John Hughes tried to steal Abraham Lincoln's body. They picked this day because it was an election day and they knew that there wouldn’t be a lot of people out. They added someone to their group. His name was Lewis G. Swegles. They didn’t know that Lewis G. Swegles was a Secret Service agent. On the night that they stole his body. Lewis G. Swegles contacted 8 other detectives. When they went to the tomb the thieves already escaped from the cemetery.10 days
