Lincoln Assassination in schools

[BettyO]

I went to a Richmond Public School when I was in elementary school and boy, I was lucky! We had the Civil War literally crammed down our throats with a Virginia History textbook (I'd LOVE to have a copy of that old textbook!) that basically was an account of nothing but the Confederacy and the Civil War! I loved that textbook and the illustrations were grand. We'd study the Civil War for weeks - only the Northern side was pretty much left out.....they only touched on the assassination inasmuch as simply saying that John Wilkes Booth was shot in a barn in Caroline County, Virginia and an accomplice (always unnamed) was captured. End of the assassination....