Had traveled with touring shows and was a celebrity. It is interesting to think that when booth walked down a street in the United States in 1865, he probably would be recognized by somebody. This is very different from the other assassins. There is this one image i can never resist showing. Booth John Wilkes Booth did not exit perform on stage for nearly a year before the assassination, except for one benefit performance he gave in new york of julius caesar. With his brothers. This is a photograph taken while they were preparing for this. That is john wilkes on the far left. He had shaved his mustache for the performance. And his brother edwin is at the far right. Just assure show you that life does not always imitate art, john wilkes is per trade mark anthony, the loyal one. And his brothers portrayed the assassins. Each week, american artifacts takes viewers inside museums to learn what artifacts have to reveal. 150 years ago, actor John Wilkes Booth shot president lincoln at ford t
Recognize the value of what was in this house and what a number of things including the deathbed and a number of relics in the back room. The band later was purchased by a chicago millionaire, Charles Guenther for 100,000. It is now in chicago with the Chicago Historical society. The Peterson House had an interesting history after lincoln died. It was not immediately seized upon as an Important National monument. The petersons move back in after a few days, borders came back and it became a boarding house again. Then a visionary historian, who loved Abraham Lincoln and was obsessed with honoring lincoln occupied this house. He created a Lincoln Museum in the basement and in these rooms. For small price, visitors from all over the country could come to the house where lincoln died, which was known as coming come to this room. Over decades, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of americans came and visited this room what it was a privately operated museum. It was not until decades la
There she cradles the president as other people tried to deal with the situation. Is this a mortal wound or not . There was a doctor in the theater. Dr. Leo. He releases a blood clot in the back his head. And realizes in a sense that while this eases the president sbreathing, this is a mortal wound and hes about to die. They take the present out of the theater across the street to the Peterson House where, early the next morning, he dies. Then the nation is in mourning. Its one of those times in American History where everything changes. You know the sense of incredible celebration and relief throws the nation into a state of mourning. A nd changes the course of the country. No one really knows how the end of the war what have resolved itself under lincolns leadership as opposed to johnsons, but clearly, the course of history at that one moment changed. One of the great treasures we have lent to the fords theatre exhibit, silent witnesses is Abraham Lincolns top hat. And this is really
It is part of the exhibits we are working on, which opens this month. April 14, 1865 was an incredible day for both the lincolns and washington. News had reached the city that robert e lee had surrendered to grant. The war was finally coming to a conclusion. That morning, Abraham Lincoln had breakfast with his family. Robert todd lincoln, his eldest son, joined him for breakfast. And he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. The city was in celebration. And the lincolns themselves you know, or celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war and all of the burdens that it had on the president. He decides that day to celebrate in different kinds of ways. One thing he decides this to go on a carriage ride with his wife. And it is an incredible ride that the two of them take. Mary asked whether they should invite anyone to join them. Abraham lincoln said, no, he would like to go just the two of them to and they take us right around the city and a
See the carriage that transported president and mrs. Lincoln to fords on april 14th 1865. Behind me is the carriage that Abraham Lincoln rode to fords theater the night of his assassination on april 14th. Its part of an exhibit and a project were working with fords theater on in their sigh a lent witness exhibition which opens up this month. April 14th 1865 was an incredible day for both the lincolns and for washington. News had reached the city that robert e. Lee had surrendered to grant. The war was finally coming to a conclusion. That morning Abraham Lincoln has breakfast with his family. Robert todd lincoln his eldest son, joins them for breakfast. He was at appomattox. He was part of ulysses s. Grants staff. And he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. The city has in celebration. And the lincolns themselves were celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war coming to an end and all of the burdens that that had on the president. He de