Place to meet, and eventually lee, babcock and dunn ride into the village to the mclean house. The next time the confederate soldiers see general lee, they learn theyve been surrendered. They mistakenly assume that the federal officer talking to lee under the apple tree was general grant. So they went over and started to cut the tree down for souvenirs. Before long, federal troops came over and asked the confederate soldiers why they were cutting down the tree, and he said this is the tree where general lee surrendered to general grant. The confederate soldiers said, i want part of that tree, too. They went to work getting souvenirs off that tree. That night all the roots had been dug up and there was nothing but a hole in the ground where the apple tree stood. Visitors will come through and bring pieces of the apple tree that their ancestors brought home to them, some of which have been donated to the park and on display here. It was removed when he wrote his memoirs. I think one of t
Immigrant to america, William Petersen, and he used the house as a boardinghouse. Up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boardinghouses, congressmen, senators, even Vice President s lived in group homes. This house is an important part of antebellum and the civil war washington d. C. History. , aside from this being the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boardinghouse life in washington, d. C. I have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. I started coming here in 1986 when i joined the Reagan Administration and i have been coming here for years. And i am very excited that there this year there is going to be a big commemoration for Abraham Lincoln because in past years i am usually here alone. No one comes to the house on the night of the assassination. No one comes to honor lincoln. I might find one or two people when i sit
From fords theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot 150 years ago. James this is an interesting house that has a great history even before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. This house was built in the early 1850s by a german immigrant to america, William Petersen, and he used the house as a boardinghouse. Up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boardinghouses, congressmen, senators, even Vice President s lived in group homes. This house, aside from the history of being where Abraham Lincoln died, is an important part of antebellum and the civil war washington, d. C. , history. Aside from this being the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boardinghouse life in washington, d. C. I have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. I started coming here in 1986 when i joined the reagan administration, and i have been coming here for years
In the course of my career and all the interaction i have had with various historians and other scholars who i see come and go, as well as the controversy it comradeship i have daily with fellow rangers. I want to cover the history of fords theater, sort of a general history, and work my way into the assassination. A little bit about the historical background of the theater. The theater was created in 1860, 1861, from what was originally a Baptist Church built on the Current Location on 511 10th street in 1833. The ford brothers were originally from maryland baltimore, where they ran three or four other theaters as well as an opera house. The theater, when it opened at the outset of president lincolns term in office, it had a shortlived life. Following the assassination of president lincoln, the ford brothers were unable to reopen the theater in the aftermath of the tragedy. There was public outrage of it at any thought of trying to continue it a theater given what has happened. They w
Can say this is the definitive site in the federal city and the one site i have really enjoyed in the course of my career and all the interaction i have had with various historians and other scholars who i see come and go, as well as the comradeship i have daily with fellow rangers. I want to cover the history of fords theatre, sort of a general history, and work my way into the assassination. A little bit about the historical background of the theatre. The theatre was created in 1860, 1861, from what was originally a Baptist Church built on the Current Location on 511 10th street in 1833. The ford brothers were originally from maryland baltimore, where they ran three or four other theatres as well as an opera house. The theatre, when it opened at the outset of president lincolns term in office, it had a shortlived life. Following the assassination of president lincoln, the ford brothers were unable to reopen the theatre in the aftermath of the tragedy. There was public outrage at any