150 Years Ago Today

Washington, D.C. Hanging bodies of the Lincoln assassination conspirators; guards only in yard. July 7th, 1865
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Three men and one woman convicted in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln are hanged in Washington, DC.

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