1865 “Sic Semper Tyrannis”

1865 “Sic Semper Tyrannis”

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President Lincoln is mortally wounded. The nation is under attack. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton takes control and tries to protect Vice President Andrew Johnson.

This story comes to us from 1865.