Our American Cousin
Across the street from the house where Lincoln died is the theater where he was shot. I guess that most people assume that he also died in Ford's Theatre, but that is not the case. Anyhow, here it is. I think that's the original theater above, and there is a newer entrance, shown below. It definitely looks a little too modern to be original.
PS-For those of you that don't know, the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated was Our American Cousin.
Booth knew the play, and waited for the big laugh line from act two. These were the last words Lincoln heard: "Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal; you sockdologizing old man-trap!"
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