Booth, suffering severe pain, arrived at the house of Samuel Mudd, a physician and fellow Southern sympathizer he knew who ...

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

Any trip to Washington, D.C., is bound to be busy, but this spot belongs on your itinerary for its infamous past, unique ...

It was named after an earlier theater which was named for actor Edwin Booth, who happened to be the brother of John Wilkes Booth. This intimate auditorium was intended for small dramatic plays or ...

On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of the ...

Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an ... would attend a play at Ford's Theatre that evening. During the play's third act, Booth entered the presidential box and ...

_ This April 1865 photo provided by the Library of Congress shows President Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theater, ...

Richland County has an interesting link to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln -- and the death of his killer, John Wilkes Booth.

US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...

Lincoln’s visit to the theater signaled the “fall of the ... University Press of Mississippi republished the memoir in 1996 as John Wilkes Booth: A Sister’s Memoir, with an introduction ...

President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington; Lincoln was taken to a boardi ...

5/14/1969 - 6/21/1969 My Daughter, Your Son (1969) ...