John Frederick Parker
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John Frederick Parker was an American police officer for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. Parker was one of four men detailed to act as United States President Abraham L
Unmarked grave of John Frederick Parker at Glenwood Cemetery.
Our American Cousin
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Our American Cousin is a three-act comedy play by the English playwright Tom Taylor. It is a farce about an awkward, boorish American man named Asa Trenchard who is introduced to his aristocratic Engl
John Frederick Parker
…never fired. On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln, his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancée Clara Harris were attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre. Parker was assigned to guard the entrance to the President's box where the four were seated. He is known to have, at first, stayed…
Joseph Jefferson as Asa Trenchard, the titular American cousin
Edward Sothern as Lord Dundreary, sporting his iconic "Dundrearies"-style sideburns
Laura Keene as Florence Trenchard
Playwright Tom Taylor