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150 Years Ago Today

by Josh Marshall
07.07.15 | 11:54 pm
Washington, D.C. Hanging bodies of the Lincoln assassination conspirators; guards only in yard. July 7th, 1865

Three men and one woman convicted in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln are hanged in Washington, DC.

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