thecivilwarparlor:The balcony on Tuesday at Ford’s Theater, where President Abraham Lincoln was assa
thecivilwarparlor:The balcony on Tuesday at Ford’s Theater, where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 150 years ago. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York TimesAt just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, looking straight out from the Petersen House on 10th Street in Washington, it was briefly possible to filter out the peripheral sounds and sights of the city and imagine the scene 150 years ago almost to the minute, when President Abraham Lincoln’s carriage pulled up in front of Ford’s Theater and delivered him to his fate.http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/15/at-722-a-m-a-solemn-anniversary-abraham-lincoln-dies/ -- source link