How Boston Embraced the Booth Brothers Following Lincoln’s Assassination

On this episode of Our American Stories, our next story comes from our regular contributor, Christopher Klein. Klein is the author of four books and is a frequent contributor to the History Channel. 26-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth, was killed just 12 days after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Here’s Christopher Klein with the story of how the city of Boston embraced the Booth brothers. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.