Why Boston Stood by Edwin Booth After His Brother Killed Lincoln

On this episode of Our American Stories, after John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln, his name became synonymous with betrayal. But his brother, Edwin Booth, was already one of the most celebrated actors in America, and Boston wasn’t ready to turn its back on him and his family. Historian Christopher Klein shares the story of how the city rallied around the Booth family, even as the shadow of the Lincoln assassination threatened to erase their legacy.

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