The rocking chair President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot at Ford's Theater now sits inside The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn.
How The Henry Ford helped conserve the chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assassinated
The Henry Ford
Rocking Chair Used by Abraham Lincoln at Ford s Theater the Night of His Assassination, April 14, 1865
By: Max White
and last updated 2021-04-14 16:23:20-04
(WXYZ) â Wednesday marks the 156th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. He was shot sitting in a chair at Ford s Theater on April 14, 1865, and died just a day later.
That rocking chair, covered in red fabric with a wooden frame, now sits inside The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn. It s one of the more iconic pieces inside the museum, and it underwent a conservation project a few decades ago.