[Old School Hound]

One of my favorite old historical photos is the hanging of Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold & George Azerodt on July 7, 1865 at Fort McNair(then called The Arsenal Penitentiary), in Washington D.C. Who were Surratt, Powell, Herold & Azerodt, you ask?     They were four of the co-conspirators who were convicted  of conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. With the help of  a disgruntled stage actor by the name of J.W. Booth, they succeeded.


Mary Surratt was the first woman to be executed by the federal government.  Btw, Mary is hanging on the far left in the picture, in case you are morbidly curious like me.


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