We were trying to decide what to do for our last day in DC. Finally we decided to go to Ford's theatre where Pres. Lincoln was shot. It seemed fitting since we went to the Lincoln memorial earlier that morning!!! Right when we arrived at the theatre a school group was also arriving. So we were sandwiched in with the school group in the line to get in. As we went in, they usered us into the theatre...where we enjoyed a 2 man play about the night that Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth...and how he was known in the theatre - he had performed there and therefore wasn't a suspicious character for any of the people there that night. It was a very well done, entertaining and informative performance. It's a shame the incident actually tainted the theatre and Ford had to shut down the hall where it was used as a warehouse and office bldg. Just in 1968, 103 years after the assassination, Ford's theatre was renovated and reopened as a theatre and National park service location.
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