The Lincoln Assassination: the Flags of Ford's Theatre

ISBN-10: 1505611792
ISBN-13: 9781505611793
Series: The Lincoln Assassination
Pages: 116
Language: English
Published: 2015-02-14
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author: Richard Smyth

Description

Abraham Lincoln's assassination, perhaps our county's most significant andpivotal crime spawned many mysteries.That evening at Ford's Theatre flags were used to decorate the box where President Lincoln and guests including General Ulysses S. Grant would sit.These flags have been described as silent witnesses to the tragedy.The stories, legends, and mysteries of these flags are many.Did one trip the assassin, causing him land awkwardly on the stagebelow?Was one of the flags used to cushion the dying president's head, staining thefabric with the martyr's blood?What became of them after the assassination?Where are they today?