Ford's Theatre
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Ford's Theatre is a theater in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863. In 1865, it was the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. The theater was later used as a warehouse
The building in 2026
A depiction of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, showing Booth, Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone
View from beneath the balcony. The Presidential Box is on the right.
Ford's Theatre in 1865
Henry Rathbone
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Henry Reed Rathbone was an American military officer and lawyer who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln; Rathbone and his fiancée Clara Harris were sitting with Lincoln and L
1865 Mathew Brady photograph of Rathbone
The dagger used by Booth to attack Rathbone.