Is the site where president lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. As he sat in a theater with a play running. The play running at the time was our american cousin. President lincoln died the next day across the street at the peterson boardling house. Fords is now a working theater as well as a National Historic site. He current play running is 110 in the shade. While we wait, lets take a ook at todays speakers. Lincoln, African Americans, and the emancipation struggle. And 35 the book lincoln the problem of reconstruction. There will be a midday break for lunch at approximately 1 55 p. M. Well hear stacy mcdormant on mary lincolns life and legacy. At 3 05 Thomas Carson on incolns ethics. At 3 55 all of todays speakers will participate in a closing panel. What youre looking at there is the box where Abraham Lincoln was sitting the night that he was shot. The president apparently enjoyed theater and was attending a performance of our american cousin at the time he was shot by ac
The way here to mobile this afternoon. And right now the weather conditions, as you could see, not terribly strong in terms of the wind and the intensity of the rainfall. Which is a clear indication of just how painfully slow this hurricane is moving toward the coastline here in alabama, mississippi and florida as well. And that is what is making this a feel like a very drawn out process. For the last several days weve spoken with residents who have been taking all of the precautions that they needed to do to get ready for this, what they are expecting to be a heavy rainfall event. And the storm surge we have seen in some places really starting to show its effects in places like pensacola and the alabama coastline here as well. And emergency officials here continue to urge people to be aware of the storm surges as this storm continues to make its way toward the coastline. We will begin seeing the effects of this storm strengthen in the hours ahead this afternoon as it is expected to ma
Eight students who advanced beyond the preliminary rounds of the annual Concerto Competition will each perform on Sunday at 1 p.m. in King Concert Hall at the S