Boy Witnesses to Lincoln’s Assassination
Twelve-year-old Tad Lincoln was at Grover’s Theatre watching Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp when his father was shot at Ford’s Theatre the night of April 14, 1865. Although his youngest son was thus spared witnessing the President’s assassination, two other boys did see the historic and heinous event unfold. Another twelve-year-old, Joseph Hazelton (or Hazleton) sometimes […]