The dim glow of gaslights flickered across the streets of Washington, D.C., as the city basked in the long-awaited victory of the Civil War. Inside Ford’s Theatre, laughter filled the air as the audience enjoyed Our American Cousin, unaware that history was about to take a tragic turn. Among the nation’s most revered leaders, President Abraham Lincoln sat in the presidential box, John Wilkes watches, a flintlock pistol in his holster, What will ya do?
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