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He was at the Ford Theater enjoying a play when he was shot. It was a play called "Our American Cousin", not an opera. He was there to have some entertainment and to have a nice evening with his wife. He came late to the play and it had all ready started.
Our American Cousin
"Our American Cousin"
President Lincoln was attending a play and he was shot in the back of the head by john Wilkes booth.
before he stopeded for the day
Abraham Lincoln was sitting in Ford's theater with his wife and friends. They were watching a comedy play called My American Cousin.
any instrument, i started on flute
Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865 at the age of 56. He died in a house across the street from Ford's Theater in Washington DC where he was taken after being shot during a play the night before.
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head on April 14, 1865 during a play at Fords Theater in Washington. The play was a comedy and when the crowd was laughing Booth shoot the pistol. LIncoln died the next morning in a house across the street. Booth hoped that the assassination would inspire the South to keep fighting even though Lee had surrendered his army the week before. Booth was part of a plot to also kill Vice-President Johnson and Secretary of State Seward.
On the night of his assassination, President Abraham Lincoln was attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The performance took place on April 14, 1865, and Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth during the show. The play was a comedy, and Lincoln had been looking forward to a night of entertainment after the Civil War had effectively ended.
During 1863, President Lincoln attended a play called the Marble Heart. John Wilkes Booth starred in this play. Lincoln was so impressed by Wilke's performance that he invited him for dinner at the White House. Wilkes declined the offer. This part of Lincoln's life is so ironic.
yes play continues (never happened before)