Today marks the 150th Anniversary of President Lincoln’s assassination. The internet and social media had been posting items all day and tonight there was a special at Fords Theatre “Now He Belongs to the Ages: A Lincoln Commemoration” which you could stream live on the internet. Here is the blurb: “PBS NewsHour will livestream Ford’s Theatre’s tribute event that will include Civil War-era music, readings of Lincoln’s words and stories and excerpts from his favorite theater and operas. The event will feature operatic soprano Alyson Cambridge, singer-songwriter Judy Collins, actor David Selby, political satirist Mark Russell, civil rights leader Julian Bond, historians and others, at 9 p.m. EDT April 14” (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/lincolneventslivestreaming/). It was a very nice tribute and after there was a candlelight vigil that you could see live on C-SPAN. One interesting note, Colin Powell (he would have made an interesting President) was there and C-SPAN showed him at the candlelight vigil and talking to the reenactors.
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