Ford’s Theatre

The infamous Ford’s Theatre on 10th Street in Washington D.C. is, as most American’s know, where Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. Since that fateful day, the theater building has gone through several owners and uses until its present use as an American historic site and active theater. Part of the Ford’s Theatre “complex” is a museum below the theater and the Petersen house across the street, where the dying Lincoln and taken to spend his last moments on earth before become a part of American history.

Ford’s Theatre, home of several live performances in the 1860s before it was the site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865.

The infamous box where Lincoln was assassinated (they’re careful not to call it a “booth”!)

The stage where live shows are still performed

Lincoln, of course, wouldn’t have seen the electric lights, but are present for the ongoing performances at Ford’s Theatre

Visitors to Ford’s Theatre attend a narrative by one of the Park Rangers

The gun John Wilkes Booth used to kill Lincoln

Description with Booth’s pistol

Pillow Lincoln was laying on when he died

Pieces of the wall paper that were in the box Lincoln was shot in

“Lincoln Borne by Loving Hands” by Carl Bersch, 1865, on display in the museum at Ford’s Theatre

The Petersen House, across the street from Ford’s Theatre where Lincoln was taken after being shot

The Petersen House, across the street from Ford’s Theatre where Lincoln was taken after being shot

The Petersen House, across the street from Ford’s Theatre where Lincoln was taken after being shot

The Petersen House, across the street from Ford’s Theatre where Lincoln was taken after being shot

The room at the Petersen House where Lincoln was taken, and died.

A replica of the bed where Lincoln died. The original is on display at the Chicago American History Museum

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