Remembering “Black Easter”

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Many Americans probably recall the broad strokes of Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 assassination, Save Jerseyans, but few know that it happened, eerily, on Good Friday (which fell on April 14th that year).

It’s remembered as Black Easter:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKur_VDUsX0

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MATT ROONEY is SaveJersey.com's founder and editor-in-chief, a practicing New Jersey attorney, and the host of 'The Matt Rooney Show' on 1210 WPHT every Sunday evening from 7-10PM EST.