The Ford’s Theatre Society and the National Park Service have planned activities to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was mortally wounded by ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) today announced it has obtained an artifact from a consequential moment in American history. Thanks to a generous donor, the ...

A chair used in Ford’s Theatre on the night of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination is coming to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. The chair will be part of a ...

More than 100 relics connected to President Abraham Lincoln brought in $7.9 million, auctioneers said. The proceeds will help a presidential foundation repay a loan. By Neil Vigdor A pair of leather ...

Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. As Lincoln slumped ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Ford’s Theater is marking America250 with a production of the play “1776,” bringing history full circle at the venue where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. “This is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actors takes part in a candle light vigil in front of the Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2015, to commemorate 150 ...

April 15 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1817, the oldest, permanent U.S. public school for the deaf, Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons (now the ...