Thank-you. I had a half hour drive to mass in another town to listen to the show, and did not hear the rest.
The author also made comparisons to Kennedy, who always wanted to appear in public with little security.At that time there was no secret service. An ordinary citizen could cool his heels in an anteroom, if he wanted to speak to the president about getting a pass to the South or have a son pardoned. There was no appointment needed, if the president had time, he would see you, and there was no background check, so conceivable an assassin could be in the oval office with him.
The author ( from the Heritage Foundation, I think) said this was the second mightiest blow to the country, after the death of George Washington.
In my previous post I meant to write actor no author. And because he was a famous actor, his celebrity gave him access and no amount of guards or scrutiny would have saved Lincoln from being faced with the murder Wilkes.