The Lincoln Assassination
Speaker: Paige Palmer, historian
This lecture traces the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in intimate detail. By investigating Lincoln as a wartime president guiding a divided country through the final days of the American Civil War, this lecture discusses the crucial days leading up to Lincoln’s murder, reveals vivid details of the assassination itself, and describes the emotional circumstances of Lincoln’s devastating final hours. Special attention is also given to Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, taking an in-depth look into Booth’s private life, complex conspiracy, and the gripping 12-day manhunt that led to Booth’s ultimate capture in Virginia. Through personal insight and over a decade of hands-on research, you are invited to join historian Paige Palmer for a deeply personal look into the crime that shocked a nation.