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Follow the escape route of John Wilkes Booth, one of history’s most notorious assassins, as he fled from Washington, D.C., and hid for several days in Southern Maryland before being cornered.
Apr 10, 2015 · It took John Wilkes Booth 12 days to get from Ford’s Theatre (1) to his closing act at the burning barn on Garrett’s Farm. Today a good bit of the countryside on his escape route is little changed, and you can cover most of it on an afternoon drive.
Apr 1, 2021 · Envisioning himself a hero and a martyr for the Southern cause, actor John Wilkes Booth bellowed those words—Latin for “Thus always to tyrants”—after leaping onto the stage from the theater’s presidential box, where he had fatally wounded the beloved president with a .44-caliber Derringer pistol.
Apr 15, 2023 · Follow along with our maps and stories to see what happened on each day of Booth’s escape, up to his final moments at the Richard Garrett Farm near Port Royal, Virginia. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre and fled via Baptist Alley, behind the theater.
Follow the escape route of John Wilkes Booth, one of history’s most notorious assassins, as he fled from Washington, D.C., and hid for several days in Southern Maryland before being cornered.
On the night of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by the dashing young actor, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington City. While Lincoln lay dying, his assassin was making his escape into Southern Maryland.
Apr 15, 2024 · On the night of April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in a crowded theater and disappeared into the night. For 12 days he remained at large in the storm of confusion, fear, and anger that his crime had created.
Apr 15, 2015 · Ever since the massive 12-day manhunt 150 years ago, people have been retracing John Wilkes Booth's escape route. Now there are bus tours -- but they sell out quickly. Or you can track...
Jul 16, 2015 · Southern sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, a noted American actor from a family of actors, entered President Lincoln’s private box at Ford’s Theatre while the play was in progress, shot Lincoln, and escaped from the theater. Booth had been planning to kidnap Lincoln, but he chose to shoot him, instead.
Nov 1, 2022 · Touring the Booth escape route today logoIt’s now possible to follow an interpreted driving tour along Booth’s escape route from Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC (April 14, 1865) to the location of his capture and death in Virginia 12 days later.
