Assassination Also the main idea is basically that Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth switch places after they shoot Kennedy and Lincoln respectively ----- John was watching the collapse of the confederacy in real time, under the command of President Lincoln. He had visited Ford’s theatre this morning, and received news that Lincoln and Grant would be attending the play that night. He realized that if he didn’t take this opportunity, he might never get another chance.. He already regretted his hesitation at the inauguration, but now might be an even better time to strike. He needed to prepare. ---- Lee was fed up with the state of things. Since having returned from the Soviet Union, he and his wife had been ostracized for their politics and harassed by the FBI, and fascists in the military and US government had led to anticommunist and imperialistic attacks against Cuba, spearheaded by the President. Something needed to be done, and with the announcement of a presidential moto...