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James Tanner - Overlooked Hero of History

Ford's Theatre

Description

Join Ranger Jessica as she “visits” the Petersen Boarding House to talk about the events that took place there the night of April 14th, 1865 and someone who played an important, if overlooked, part in the investigation.

Image Sources: Petersen Boarding House (NPS), Younger Tanner (Meserve-Kunhardt Collection at Yale), Elder Tanner (White, Thomas and White, Samuel. Ancestral Chronological Record of the William White Family, From 1607-8 to 1895. Concord, Mass., Republican Press, 1895)

Duration

4 minutes, 40 seconds

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