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She Cradled Lincoln’s Head

by | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized

– Courtesy Library of Congress –
Long before anyone ever mentioned Monica Lewinsky’s blue frock, everyone was talking about Laura Keene’s dress stained with President Abraham Lincoln’s blood. More than 150 years have passed since Lincoln was killed at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. On April 14, 1865, Keene, the star of Our American Cousin, watched as John Wilkes Booth delivered his fatal shot. Dress


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