Enrolled in college/other institution of higher learning If applying for multiple Mid-America Council Scholarships, please check all you qualify for and submit one application. ____âRobert Mueller Memorialâ Eagle Scout Scholarship-A one (1) year scholarship in the amount of $2,500 awarded to one recipient. To be eligible for this scholarship you must meet the following criteria: 1. Eagle Scout currently registered in a unit. (If you are unsure, please contact Scouter Services at (402) 431-9BSA). 2. Attending an institute of higher learning in fall (does not have to be a 4-year university â can be a community college or occupational school).
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth became the first person to assassinate an American president when he shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in his box at Fordâs Theater in Washington.
The Assassination of President Lincoln. April 14, 1865. Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. As Lincoln slumped forward in his seat, Booth leapt onto the stage and escaped through the back door. A doctor in the audience rushed over to examine the paralyzed president. Lincoln was then carried across the street to Petersen's Boarding House, where he died early the next morning. page 1 of 3