Monday, November 24, 2014

As Booth Brothers Held Forth, 1864 Confederate Plot Against New York Fizzled - NYTimes.com

As Booth Brothers Held Forth, 1864 Confederate Plot Against New York Fizzled - NYTimes.com:



One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago!



 "On Nov. 25, 1864, at some point in the middle of Act II, after Brutus and his co-conspirators decide to assassinate Julius Caesar, the capacity crowd of 2,000 that had filled the Winter Garden Theater on lower Broadway was startled by the sudden clanging of fire-bells, coming from every direction."



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