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Theatre

Why was Booth able to walk in the
Presidential Box without arousing suspicion?
What does sic semper tyrannis mean?
Why might Booth have said those words
after murdering the president?

Did you know?
Today, Ford’s Theatre is restored to look almost
exactly as it did the night of April 14, 1865. Mathew
Brady photographed the “crime scene” on the
day President Lincoln died, and it is through his
photographs that we know exactly what the theatre
looked like 150 years ago.
After the assassination in 1865, the federal
government took over the theatre, and plays were
not seen on the stage again until 1968.

Modern photo of Ford’s Theatre stage © Maxwell MacKenzie. Historic photo of Ford’s Theatre stage by Mathew Brady, courtesy of the National Park Service.