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Introduction
The Ford's Theater and Peterson was built in 1859. The Ford Theater and The Peterson House are very ideal with the story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln's Death. John Wilkes Booth had the idea to kill Lincoln at the Ford Theater while he was watching the play Our American Cousin. After Lincoln was shot he was brought to the Peterson house to be revived. He died the next morning. Many years later is was closed and not open to the public. Then they re-opened it was a Theater for people to see reenactments of the death of Abraham Lincoln. the Peterson House is now a museum for people to see the Romm where Abraham Lincoln's death occured.
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Links
http://www.nps.gov/foth/index.htm
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/washingtondc/A21265.html
Interesting Facts
~ After the assassination Congress payed Ford $100,000 in compensation, and an order was issued forever prohibiting its use as a place of public amusement.
~ Later Ford's Theater was renovated and used as a warehouse and a office building.
~ It was later once again renovated and reopened as a theater during that 1960s.
~ this is the house where Abraham Lincoln died after being shot.
Bibliography
Wiley Publishing. Ford's Theater and Peterson House. 2000. http://www.frommers.com
January, Brendon. Ford's Theatre and Place Where Lincoln Died. 2002.
http://www.offbeattravel.com
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