Ford's Theatre National Historic Site

Ford's Theatre is the site where President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865; Lincoln died the following morning at Petersen House across the street. The theatre was preserved and designated a National Historic Site; it operates as both a working theatre and a museum interpreting Lincoln's presidency and assassination. It draws visitors and organized historical pilgrimages focused on Lincoln, Civil War history, and 19th-century American politics.