Modern photo of the exterior of Ford's Theatre
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Credit: Maxwell MacKenzie, http://theatrewashington.org/content/fords-theatre-society
This file appears in: Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site: The Ford's Theatre National Historic Site comprises the theatre in which Present Lincoln was shot and the house in which he died.
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site: The Ford's Theatre National Historic Site comprises the theatre in which Present Lincoln was shot and the house in which he died.
Ford's Theatre is best known as the site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer and actor. Originally named Ford's New…