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'''Ford's Theatre''' is the name of the theatre where [[Abraham Lincoln]] was shot on April 14, 1865. The assassin was [[John Wilkes Booth]]. The building was originally a [[Baptist]] church, but in 1861 John T. Ford turned it into a theatre. After Lincoln's assassination, the theatre closed for over one hundred years. It reopened in 1968. It is located at 511 10th Street, NW in [[Washington, D.C.]] | '''Ford's Theatre''' is the name of the theatre where [[Abraham Lincoln]] was shot on April 14, 1865. The assassin was [[John Wilkes Booth]]. The building was originally a [[Baptist]] church, but in 1861 John T. Ford turned it into a theatre. After Lincoln's assassination, the theatre closed for over one hundred years. It reopened in 1968. It is located at 511 10th Street, NW in [[Washington, D.C.]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:59, March 12, 2008
Ford's Theatre is the name of the theatre where Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. The assassin was John Wilkes Booth. The building was originally a Baptist church, but in 1861 John T. Ford turned it into a theatre. After Lincoln's assassination, the theatre closed for over one hundred years. It reopened in 1968. It is located at 511 10th Street, NW in Washington, D.C.
It is listed as a National Historic Site.