To mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, we look back the event and how it changed America with two local historians who are experts on the 16th President of the United States. As part of this look back, we hear from actors who will commemorate the anniversary with a staged reading to recreate the final days of the Civil War, the assassination, and the search for and death of John Wilkes Booth.
This hour, we also feature readings from "Assassination": The Story of a President's Murder and a Nation's Heartbreak. Actors include Jacob Cohen, Ben Astrachan, Tanner Hoelzel and Jackson Zinn-Rowthorn. The staged reading will be on April 14, 2015 at 7:30 pm at the University of St. Joseph. More information can be found here.
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GUESTS:
- Matthew Warshauer - Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University and co-chair of the Connecticut Civil War Commemoration Commission.
- J. Ronald Spencer - Lecturer in History, Associate Academic Dean emeritus at Trinity College and editor of A Connecticut Yankee in Lincoln's Cabinet: Navy Secretary Gideon Welles Chronicles the Civil War
Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
