Composite photographs of conspirators
Seven of the 10 conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are pictured in this composite. Neither Mary Surratt nor Dr. Samuel Mudd is pictured. An...
Diagram of the single-bullet theory
As the President’s vehicle turned in front of the Texas School Book Depository shots rang out. Many theories exist surrounding how many bullets were fired and the...
Forming a commission to investigate
On May 1, 1865, President Andrew Johnson ordered the Lincoln assassination conspirators tried by military commission. The commission met eight days later.
"I Ask God's Help -- And Yours."
President Lyndon B. Johnson's made these remarks to the nation upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, November 22, 1963, the day of President John F....
Lee H. Oswald during his enlistment as a Marine
Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, worked at the book depository. He was arrested for Kennedy’s assassination on November 22. On November 24, while in police...
President Johnson’s oath
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes President, taking the oath of office...
Reagan shot!
On March 30, 1981, only nine weeks after President Ronald Reagan took office, he was shot by John Hinckley, Jr. Vice President George Bush scribbled his feelings...