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Photo courtesy of Ford's Theatre NHS Collection |
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APRIL 14 |
| 1865 President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre while attending the play "Our American Cousin." Following the shooting, the President is carried across the street to the Petersen House where he was attended to by doctors through the night. Lincoln never regains consciousness and dies the next morning in the back bedroom of the rooming house. Today, the National Park Service and Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site preserve the site of this tragic event. |
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