We had been standing in front of the bed where President Lincoln had died. It was nothing fancy, just a wooden frame with a simple mattress and relatively short for a 6-foot-4 man to lay on during ...

The Petersen House looked like a place anyone may want to stay while conducting business in Washington, D.C. A recreation of Lincoln's coffin making its way back home.

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A person staying at the Petersen House, just across the street from the theater, was quick to help. The doctors rushed Lincoln in and took him directly to the back bedroom, where he died the next ...

A National Park Service wreath-laying will take place April 15 at 7:22 a.m. (the day and hour Lincoln died) at the Peterson House (where Lincoln died), and may include a walking tour of ...

Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, ... Weaver and other soldiers carried Lincoln across the street to Petersen House, where he died the next day.