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.
This Day In History: President Abraham Lincoln Was Shot. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln 152 years ago today. This day in history, April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at Fordâs Theatre in Washington, D.C. by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. The assassination came just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, bringing about an end to the American Civil War.