1. Lincoln’s Assassination

2. Lincoln Before the War

3. Lincoln at the end of the war

4. Before and After

5. John Wilkes Booth the assassin
Leader of the plot to kill Lincoln
Famous actor In Washington DC
Well-known, recognizable
Booth was Angry that the south lost the war
Booth was very angry about the Emancipation Proclamation

6. Lincoln and his assassin

7. April 14th, 1865
Lincoln decides to attend Ford’s Theater to see a play called “Our American Cousin”
Booth spends time at the hotel next door and then enters the theater without question
Since he is a well-known actor, he is very knowledgeable about the theater and the play
He waits for a moment during the dialogue when there would be laughter

8. Ford’S Theater Today

9. Ford’s Theater in 1865

10. The scene of the crime

11. The Scene of the Crime Today

12. Artist’s Rendering

13. At the exact moment Booth pulled the trigger, Lincoln turned his head to the left/downward, as if looking to the crowd
This led to the bullet lodging in his head in a particular position that limited bleeding
Many in the theater had no idea what had happened until…

14. Booth Leaps off of the stage and breaks his leg

16. As he stands on the stage he shouts “Sic Semper Tyrannis”
This is the state motto of Virginia
It means, “Thus forever to tyrants”

17. Lincoln After being shot, several doctors examined him
Because of the location of the wound, it did not bleed much and doctor’s were unsure of his injury
He was carried across the street to the Petersen House
President Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 at 7:22 am

18. Where Lincoln Died

20. Booth is Killed
April 26, 1865 An army unit tracks down Booth hiding at a farm
Booth refuses to come out of the tobacco barn where he was hiding
When Booth refuses to leave the barn, it is set on fire
Booth is shot in the neck
He is alive, but paralyzed
His last words are “Useless, Useless”

22. The Execution

23. The Execution

24. The Execution
Notice the person on the left is wearing a dress—she was the 1st woman executed by the US government

25. Lincoln’s Funeral

26. Lincoln’s Funeral

27. Lincoln’s Funeral

28. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities

29. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Lincoln elected to Congress in 1846
Lincoln elected President in 1860
Lincoln lost a child while living in the White House
Kennedy elected to Congress in 1946
Kennedy elected President in 1960
Kennedy lost a child while living in the White House

30. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Lincoln was killed on a Friday
Lincoln was shot in the back of his head in the presence of his wife
Kennedy was killed on a Friday
Kennedy was shot in the back of the head in the presence of his wife

31. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Lincoln was directly concerned with civil rights
Lincoln’s assassin was killed before going to trial
Kennedy was directly concerned with civil rights
Kennedy’s assassin was killed before going to trial

32. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Lincoln has a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theater
Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who told him not to go to Dallas (where he was shot)
Kennedy was shot while riding in a Lincoln, made by Ford

33. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Lincoln’s assassin—John Wilkes Booth—was known by 3 names, comprised of 15 letters
Kennedy’s assassin—Lee Harvey Oswald—was known by 3 names, comprised of 15 letters

34. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and was captured in a warehouse (tobacco barn)
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and was captured in a theater

35. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Lincoln’s successor was Andrew Johnson, born in 1808
Kennedy’s successor was Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908

36. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Both presidents had 7 letters in their names
Both were over 6 feet tall, were athletic
Both liked to quote Shakespeare & the Bible
Both had genetic diseases
Both served in the military as boat captains
Both received many death threats

37. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Both were shot on a Friday before a holiday
Both were in the company of another couple when they were shot (Rathbone & Harris with Lincoln and the Connollys with Kennedy
Both died in a place with the intitials PH—Lincoln in the Petersen House and Kennedy at Parkland Hospital

38. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Both were buried in mahogany coffins
Both were carried on the same caisson
Mrs. Kennedy ordered that her husband’s funeral mirror Lincoln’s as closely as possible

39. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Both presidents were related to senators
After the assassination, Lincoln’s son moved to 3014 N St. in Georgetown
After the assassination, Kennedy’s son moved to 3017 N St. in Georgetown
Both presidents were related to Democratic Attorneys General from Harvard

40. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Both wives were known for fashion and spending money
Both renovated the White House
Each couple had 4 children, two of whom died before becoming a teen
Lincoln had sons named Robert and Edward
Kennedy had brothers named Robert and Edward

41. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Both were named for their grandfathers
Both were second children
Both lost a sister before becoming President
Both were in their thirties when the married dark-haired women in their twenties
Both wives were from socially prominent familes
Both wives spoke French

42. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Both presidents knew men named Adlai Stevenson
Both were related to British Ambassadors
Both knew a doctor named Charles Taft
Both presidents knew a Billy Graham
Both won the presidency will less than a majority of voters
Both were involved in famous debates
Both had the legality of their election challenged

43. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
The concession operator at Ford’s Theater was Joseph “Peanuts” Burroughs
The concession operator at the Texas theater where Oswald was caught was Butch Burroughs
Men named Oswald and Payne (sometimes spelled Paine) helped Booth to escape or plan
L.H. Oswald got his job from a woman named Paine

44. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
The Vice Presidents
Both were southern Democrats named Johnson
Both were born in the ’08 year
Both had 6 letters in their first names
Both were large, athletic men
Both had 2 daughters and were in the military
Both became president in their mid-fifties

45. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
The Vice Presidents
Both were distrusted by the dead president’s cabinet
Both faced (or would have faced) re-election to opponents with a G—Grant and Goldwater
Both decided not to run again in ‘68

46. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
Assassins
Both were killed with a single shot by a
Colt revolver in a blaze of light
Both were shot before their version of events could be heard
Both were killed by lone fanatics
Both killers of the assassins had changed their names

47. The Lincoln/Kennedy Similarities
The Assassins
Both were in their mid-twenties
Both lost their fathers at a young age
Both had 2 brothers
Both were privates in the military
Both sympathized with enemies of the USA
Both used an alias
Both were detained by a man named Baker