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Apr 10, 2015 · A self-guided tour from Ford's Theater to Garrett's Farm, Virginia, where Booth was killed. Learn about the places and people who helped or hindered the assassin, and see historical sites and photos.
Apr 1, 2021 · Follow the 90-mile trail of Booth and Herold, who fled Washington after killing Lincoln in 1865. See historic sites and museums along the way, such as Ford's Theatre, Surratt Tavern, and Dr. Mudd's House.
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.
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With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Washington, D.C., turned into the training ground, arsenal, supply depot, and nerve center for the Union cause. Newly formed regiments encamped in every quarter, and streets reverberated under the wheels of cannons. Cattle for meat grazed on the National Mall; sacks of flour, stacked against siege, surro...
Start your day at the Surratt House Museum, built in 1852 as a middle-class plantation home. During the war, it was a safe house for the Confederate underground which flourished in Southern Maryland. It was the country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to be executed by the U.S. government after being found guilty of conspiring to assassinate Abrah...
Explore other sites in Southern Maryland and/or Annapolis. Possible additions are: • Point Lookout State Park - Originally a small resort community, this picturesque site became a Union hospital and then a prison holding captured Confederate soldiers. By June 1864 more than 20,000 prisoners crowded the camp. Terrible conditions led to the deaths of...
Follow the trail of the Lincoln assassin from Washington, D.C., to Virginia, stopping at historic sites in Southern Maryland. Learn about his accomplices, his injuries, his capture and his legacy.
Aug 24, 2019 · The plot revolves around Mark, a boy who unwittingly helps John Wilkes Booth escape from Ford’s Theater after he assassinates President Lincoln. For 12 exciting days he travels with Booth along his escape route. It is inspired by a boy who held the reins of Booth’s horseon April 14, 1865. The praise.
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.
Follow the 66-mile drive from Washington, D.C. to Popes Creek, where Booth was killed after shooting President Lincoln. Visit historic sites, museums and natural attractions along the way.
