Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865, when he assassinated President Lincoln. Historian Terry Alford looks at the man whose life has been overshadowed by his final, infamous act. A book signing will follow the program. To access live, real-time captioning, please click on the link below or insert the following URL into a separate browser window: www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=040715nara1200pm Please note: a widespread power outage occurred in the Washington, DC area during this event on April 7, 2015. Therefore, the video recording of this presentation is incomplete.

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