How the City of Boston Embraced the Brothers of John Wilkes Booth Following Lincoln’s Assassination

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26-year-old actor John Wilkes Booth was killed just 12 days after assassinating Abraham Lincoln. Here’s Christopher Klein with the story of how the city of Boston embraced Booth's brothers.

[Photo L-R: Edwin Booth; Junius Brutus Booth and a young Edwin Booth; John Wilkes Booth]