40 Facts About the Man on the Penny

40 Facts About the Man on the Penny

Trista - December 28, 2018

40 Facts About the Man on the Penny
John Wilkes Booth at Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration on March 4, 1865. Civil War Saga.

29. Booth Was At Lincoln’s Inauguration

It’s believed that from the beginning of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, John Wilkes Booth was not a fan. However, a photograph of Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration has led people to wonder if Booth did in fact like Lincoln at first. In the picture, standing on the balcony behind Abraham Lincoln, who is giving his inauguration speech, is the face of actor and Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. With the photograph taken on March 4, 1865, John Wilkes Booth would shoot and kill the 16th president only a little over a month later.

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