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. ford s is now a working theater as well as a national historic site. he current play running is 110 in the shade. while we wait, let s take a ook at today s 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. we ll hear stacy mcdormant on mary lincoln s life and legacy. at 3:05 thomas carson on incoln s ethics. at 3:55 all of today s speakers will participate in a closing panel. what you re 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 ti
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 we ve 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 e
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