Ford's Theater
Ford's Theater is a building in Washington, D.C.. It is most well known as the place where Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth during the play Our American Cousin. It is called Ford's Theater because it was run by a man named Ford during the American Civil War. The building has been rebuilt several times. Before the Civil War, it was used as church. After the Civil War, it was used as a museum, warehouse and office. It is now a National Historic Site.
Ford's Theater Media
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Depiction of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, showing Booth, Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone
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View from beneath the balcony. The Presidential Box is on the right.
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Ford's Theatre, scene of Abraham Lincoln's Assasination
The pillow used under Lincoln’s head after his assassination at the Ford Theatre Museum. Blood stains are visible on the top of the pillow.
Lincoln died in Petersen House, across from Ford's Theatre.
