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.

After Lincoln was shot by actor and southern sympathizer John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, he was carried across Tenth Street to the Petersen boardinghouse. He died in the back bedroom at 7:22 ...

The Petersen House is located directly across from Ford's Theatre, the Washington, D.C., playhouse where Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865.

His latest book is “The Petersen House, the Oldroyd Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died.” As history tells us, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865.

James Swanson, author of [Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer], gave a tour of the Petersen House, where President Lincoln died after being shot by John Wilkes Booth. Mr. Swanson's book ...

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Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, and Petersen House, where he died the next morning, are open to the public.

People know of Ford's Theatre, where on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. Fewer people know of the Petersen House, where the stricken president was carried and treated, and ...

The theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot will be getting an $8.5-million upgrade over the next year and a half. The improvements to Ford's Theatre will include its first elevator, new restrooms ...

WASHINGTON — The house where President Abraham Lincoln died across the street from Ford's Theatre has reopened to the public after a yearlong renovation project.