The middle days of April are full of historical significance, involving American history and the Presidency!
April 9 is the day of surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant to end, officially, the Civil War, in 1865.
April 12 is the beginning of the Civil War, with the attack at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in 1861.
April 12 is also the day of the passing of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945.
April 13 is the birthdate of Thomas Jefferson in 1743.
April 14 is the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, in 1865, and his death occurring the next morning, April 15.
April 17 saw the unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro, the infamous Bay of Pigs Invasion, under President John F. Kennedy’s administration, in 1961.
April 19 is the unofficial beginning of the American Revolution, occurring at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, in 1775.