On This Night in 1865

It was on this night 145 years ago that Ford's Theater became part of American history.  I took these shots five years ago during a trip to D.C.

Ford's Theater




Presidential Box
Right across the street is the Peterson Boarding House where President Lincoln was taken after the shooting. He died in a small bedroom at the back of the house the following morning.



The bed where Lincoln died. That's his topcoat hanging on the wall in the back of the room.You have to wonder what direction the country might have gone if Lincoln had lived to serve out his second term.