The Awful April Podcast

What should have been a joyous, relaxing night at the theater instead turned tragic and would change the course of American History. Relive the final day of Abraham Lincoln's life in Part 1 of April 14, 1865:  The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

It is unquestionably one of the most important documents in American History and an argument could be made that it is one of the most important documents in World History.  The Declaration of Independence.  You might be familiar with some of it, but have you heard all of it?  Let's celebrate 250 by doing just that!

The first shots have been fired, what happens next?  Find out as we wrap up our first series on April 12, 1861:  The Attack on Fort Sumter.

"Somehow, our men had got the idea that South Carolina was the cause of all our troubles; her people were the first to fire on Fort Sumter, had been in a great hurry to precipitate the country into civil war..." William Tecumseh Sherman At 4:30am on April 12, 1861 Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter beginning what would become the deadliest conflict in American History.   How had the country r...

Host Craig Wall tells the stories that have, historically, made April what T.S. Eliot called "the cruelest month." Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram by searching for the Awful April Podcast.