Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Attorney Frank Gorman debunked conspiracy theories that John Wilkes Booth escaped justice for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, including that Booth evaded capture and death in 1865. The Civil War Group in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.

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