John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, was surrounded by federal troops on April 26, 1865, in a barn in Virginia. He was shot and killed, either by the soldiers or by his own hand.

On April 23, 1890, the Idaho Statesman reported, “Gov. Shoup has been having sand hauled upon his premises, the block purchased by him on Jefferson Street, the house painted, and the inside renovated and overhauled, so as to be made comfortable as well as elegant. He will have a home proper for the governor of Idaho.”

The Library of Congress was established on April 24, 1800.

The United States declares war against Spain on April 25, 1898. President McKinley issues a call for 125,000 volunteers. In Idaho, the National Guard calls for 35 men from each Company to be ready at a moment’s notice to travel to Lewiston.

On April 22, 1864, Congress authorized the inscription, “In God We Trust” on coins minted as U.S. currency.

A red maple was planted on the Idaho State Capitol grounds by the Honorable Arnold Williams, Governor of Idaho—1945-1946—in commemoration of Arbor Day 1966. On Arbor Day 2003, this Friday, April 25, the Idaho Capitol Commission along with the Idaho State Historical Society, the University of Idaho, and the Pioneer Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will plant two trees on the Statehouse grounds.