USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Detailed explanation-2: -On the night of 14 April 1865, Keene’s company, which primarily included John Dyott and Harry Hawk, were performing Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. In attendance that night were President Abraham Lincoln and his wife First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

Detailed explanation-3: -Our American Cousin, a once-popular comedy, is the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., on the night of April 14, 1865-150 years ago today.

Detailed explanation-4: -Booth’s conspiracy on April 14, 1865 was to murder a number of top members of the Lincoln Administration, including General Ulysses S. Grant, who was expected to attend the play with the President and his wife, Mary Todd.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ford’s Theatre is best known as the site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer and actor. Originally named Ford’s New Theatre, Ford’s was built by Baltimore theater entrepreneur John T. Ford on the site of the First Baptist Church.