Myth or Fact - Are Summer Rabbits Safe To Eat? I've been taught all my life, just like my Dad has been taught (and his Dad), that rabbit meat is no good before the frost. It is supposed to have worms that will make you sick. Do a search on the Internet and you will find dozens of forum posts confirming this belief.
On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln's death, the possibility of peace with magnanimity died.
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.