The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.
Phenix City, Ala. Come raft with us on the Chattahoochee River in Phenix City, Ala., the longest urban whitewater rafting in the world! The course has been described to be âWild as Colorado and Warm as Costa Rica.â USA Today picked the Chattahoochee Whitewater Park as one of the Top 12 man-made Adventures in the World!
View of the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The dam is located in the areas of Xilingxia gorge, one of the three gorges of the Yangtze river. Three Gorges Dam crossing the river at Sandouping, Yichang, in Hubei province.