Garfield on the Enemy: Presidential Protection

Season 28 Episode 4

In 1881 President Garfield had no security detail. It wasn't deemed necessary.

Despite Lincoln's assassination in 1865, there were no new safeguards put in to protect the president from would-be assassins. Lincoln's murder had been seen as an anomaly.

AIR DATE 2/2/16

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