Today, most historians and the general public agree that John Wilkes Booth headed the conspiracy to murder the President, cabinet officers and Vice President Andrew Johnson. But throughout the years since the Lincoln assassination, some Americans – and even some historians – have found it difficult to believe.

When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, most observers feared for the country’s future under the untested new president, Andrew Johnson. But what did Mexico's ambassador Matias Romero think?

We’re getting pinned! This week we’ve had two new developments that I’d like to share with you about the Remembering Lincoln project.

We’re pleased to announce that as of April 14, 2015, the 149th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s death, our Remembering Lincoln digital project is now on HistoryPin! HistoryPin is a website dedicated to placing historic images on the map—literally. 

On any project developed for teachers and students, having the input of actual teachers from the beginning is essential. Learn along with us as we begin to catalogue history with our Remembering Lincoln project.

Dr. Lorraine McConaghy, a historian from Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, shares lessons learned from a public history project, the Washington State Historical Society’s Civil War Read-In.

We need teachers' input on our Remembering Lincoln online project. See how you can help!

In this post, we explain the process for designing our Remembering Lincoln online project.

In 1865, as people around the country and around the world heard about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, they recorded their reactions in many forms—from written materials like letters to decorative items like ribbons. Soon the items from that time that have survived the ages, will be stored at RememberingLincoln.com!