Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Lincoln assassination artifacts reunited at Ford's Theater

A large photograph depicting President Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth is displayed next to the bunting flag hung from the presidential box at the historic Ford's Theatre at a new exhibit entitled "Silent Witnesses: Artifacts of the Lincoln Assassination" Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Ford's Center for Education and Leadership in Washington. The exhibit is open to the public March 23rd to May 25th and coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination on April 14th. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WASHINGTON (AP) — Beyond his famous words, the tangible artifacts President Abraham Lincoln left behind after his assassination were scattered for decades, kept in family collections and by the government and museums from Washington to Chicago.








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