Ford's theatre of Washington D.C welcomes the world to enjoy the sight of the Lincoln museum and to learn about the assassination of the US President Abraham Lincoln and the antiquity associated with it.

The place, formerly a house of worship, a church, was developed and renovated later into a theatre by John T. Ford. Following the demise of the President, U.S. military occupied the theatre and it facilitated the War Department. Little later, post some legal issues, the building reformed and reopened as a theatre. It again became a place of grand gala performances.

Ford Theatre's Official Website

http://www.fordstheatre.org

Lincoln and his wife happened to attend 'Our American Cousin's' show at the Ford's Theatre. John Wilkes Booth, the actor in the show advanced to the layout where the presidential body was seated and shot Lincoln. It was decided that he will be taken to Petersen's boarding house. The avenue wore an extremely turbulent look with frenzied people around.

The next morning dawned gloomy at the Petersen House as the incurably marred Lincoln took his last breath and left the world.

Lincoln's Death Website

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

The theatre and the Petersen House buildings were designed together to shape into Ford's Theatre National Historic Site. Entry to the site is offered for free. There is a museum underneath the theatre that exhibits Booth's pistol that ended the President's life, his diary, Lincoln's coat, the blood-stained pillow from the President's deathbed for public view.

The last two have been given some touches for preserving them for a long period of time and as well as giving it a fresh look. As if the coat was worn by Lincoln very recently and blood stains on pillow appear to have been made just before a day or two.

Petersen House's Official Website

http://www.nps.gov

Reference website about Lincoln

http://www.alplm.org