LINCOLN ASSASSINATION: FORD'S THEATRE AND PETERSEN HOUSE (WHERE LINCOLN DIED) (4K)

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It's one thing to read about the Lincoln assassination; it's another to stand two feet away from where President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. When you visit Ford's Theatre, you are standing where one of the most important events in American history took place. While many people are aware that President Lincoln was shot here, many may not be aware that he was taken across the street to the Petersen House, where he died the next morning. In this video, you will learn the story behind the Lincoln assassination as we visit not only Ford's Theatre, but also the Ford's Theatre Museum (where you can see the actual murder weapon) and the Petersen House.
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@AndysAwesomeAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

To see more of my Washington, D.C. videos, please click on this link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hteAq9iQu6yvYGw.html

@lamarbrown3531 3 жыл бұрын

American Cousin

@lamarbrown3531 3 жыл бұрын

American Cousin reboot in 2025 with Robbie Jones

@Luke17d 3 жыл бұрын

When I went there, I couldn't believe it. I never imagined I was going to visit a part of history. it is beautiful

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

That's why I always say-it's one thing to learn about history in a history book; it's another thing to stand where history took place!

@mrstifler8987 2 жыл бұрын

Me and my class were the first ever group to go in when they first reopened it up to the public. Best elementary trip ever 🔥

@cliffkelley6550 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrstifler8987 dang how old are you?. Just kidding.

@sgtzomie7877 2 жыл бұрын

I love history

@ButtScootBJJ 2 жыл бұрын

I was there when it happened. It was brutal. Everyone was laughing thinking it was part of the play.

@ealswytheangelicrealms 3 жыл бұрын

I met a Lincoln collector at a collectibles show who had a playbill from April 14, 1865 from My American Cousin signed by all four of the conspirators who were hanged. He said a relative of his was a guard at the prison and just before the prisoners were led out to the gallows he had each of them sign the Playbill. Now THAT is a fantastic piece of Lincoln memorabilia! He said he was taking the Playbill to Antique road so when it was in his area. I can't find any episode of that show with his item.

@dabear2438 2 жыл бұрын

It is indeed beautiful, but what a shame the theater was closed after the assassination, completely gutted, and used as storage space, offices, and a museum. All of its original interiors lost and what we see today is only a reproduction. 😔

@iAmMadeOfSoup 2 жыл бұрын

@tightwad 2 жыл бұрын

The shame was FREEDOMS GUARD was murdered by another ignorant actor, whose shortsighted act doomed the South to much more revenge than they deserved while rebuilding......Lincoln would have been the Souths Greatest proponent and protector had this ANGEL lived for Southern Reconstruction!!

@beachz101 2 жыл бұрын

The actual box was destroyed when the entire building was gutted during one of three restorations. The entire building was gutted, leaving only support beams. The building was used as a file repository for years. It was a document storage building until it was decided to recreate the Theatre. When you visit the building, understand that the original interior was lost long ago.

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

That is quite unfortunate. They should have preserved as much as they could.

@beachz101 2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysAwesomeAdventures yes, I agree with you. It seems there were two schools of thought following the assassination. The first was that it would have been a further assault on a nation, already in morning, to memorialize the place where the terrible crime occurred. The second, sought to preserve the entire building for its historical value. I must admit, I have held both positions at various times in my life. By preserving the place where the assassination took place, do we celebrate the President, or does such preservation elevate the assassin?

@UrSammich 8 ай бұрын

Least *not at this location* we have the original chair Lincoln sat in at the time of his death. So all is not completely lost.

@billbombshiggy9254 Ай бұрын

I hate it when they do that with historical places

@bernie2231 2 жыл бұрын

One of the things that I remember about the Petersen house bedroom, where Lincoln died, is that it is a very small room. I haven't been there for 30 years, but I notice that it is more restricted now.

@Gameboy-Unboxings 2 жыл бұрын

3:36 $100,000 in 1865 was equivalent to $1,674,865 today.

@musicgirl999 Ай бұрын

I went here a few years ago! Never thought I would get the opportunity to see this place. But it was great!

@firefighter343 Жыл бұрын

great video and content man. Its like I was right there with you. Thank you for your research and dedicated work.

@AndysAwesomeAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Caleb-I really appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed the video.

@twstf8905 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Andy. 👍 Best Ford's Theater visit presentation on KZfaq, that I've seen, anyway.

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much-I really appreciate that!

@QuantumG432 Жыл бұрын

50 yrs ago I touched and visually examined Lincoln’s blood. It was a moment I will never forget.

@TheCornhole55 5 ай бұрын

What? Bull

@MrBubyV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍🏽

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome-thanks for watching!

@michaelbarnhart2593 3 жыл бұрын

I went to a production of "A Christmas Carol" in Ford's Theater in the early 2000's. I seemed to remember that they still had the original flag bunting in front of the Presidential Box - that had the torn holes in it caused by Booth. It definitely was not new looking like what is shown in the video.

@nokomarie1963 3 жыл бұрын

I saw Godspell there, back in, what 1972. A fine show! Went there on at least one school trip for the tour too.

@squirleyspitmonkey3926 3 жыл бұрын

Lewis Powell, the one who was supposed to kill Seward, is a distant uncle/cousin of mine. In typical family tradition, he failed :(

@archiecraven6086 3 жыл бұрын

The one who looked like a time traveler from the future.

@squirleyspitmonkey3926 3 жыл бұрын

@@archiecraven6086 yeap. The good looking one who would pass as an instagram model nowadays, despite his jaw being a little deformed from getting kicked by a mule.

@eggisbored 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Also, unrelated, the last alive witness to see his death in the theater was Samuel J. Seymour.

@dochoskins2379 2 жыл бұрын

He died

@timchilders3535 Жыл бұрын

@@dochoskins2379 Really?

@kandn420 3 жыл бұрын

The video called Last witness to president Abraham Lincoln on the show I’ve got a secret. It is really interesting.

@onlinetoughguy7530 Жыл бұрын

I wish I could visit. Just imagining Abraham Lincoln was there would be exciting sad also

@DalainaRenee 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@D70340 2 жыл бұрын

I was at both places MANY decades ago. Strange seeing it again in my later years. I still remember it looking the same as it is here in the video. I think if i remember right, the bed was to your right when you walked in the door where they layed him down.

@mrstifler8987 2 жыл бұрын

Me and my class were the FIRST group to ever go into the theater when they opened it back up. It was dope 🔥

@user-ki3wh1ml2e 7 ай бұрын

Back in the 60s the bedroom where he died in had a much smaller bed with a pillow under glass and you could see it was very old and tired with blood stains

@briancalifornia1 Жыл бұрын

I saw the Derringer Booth used to kill Lincoln on display keep in mind it looks a lot smaller in person.

@dannysalinas8811 2 жыл бұрын

Charles A Leale, the first doctor to arrive at the presidential box died in 1932, not 1928 like stated in the video.

@vanhouten64 Жыл бұрын

Is that the chair Lincoln was seated in, or has that object also been lost?

@AndysAwesomeAdventures Жыл бұрын

I believe the original chair is in the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan.

@navarajlamichhane9146 Жыл бұрын

I want to go there soon

@jeyDsixx18 3 жыл бұрын

And people say they have read every book written on Lincoln…..

@rajivradha 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@KenOnStrength 2 жыл бұрын

Anybody else thinking they can make that jump from the balcony without breaking a leg?

@Gameboy-Unboxings 2 жыл бұрын

Just "making the jump" with nothing going on is MUCH different than jumping after shooting the president and stabbing his guard.

@KenOnStrength 2 жыл бұрын

@@Gameboy-Unboxings - Agreed, but you’d think the adrenaline would help. I’m guessing Booth makes that jump without breaking his leg 7 out of 10 times.

@shannonshort4987 2 жыл бұрын

That wasnt the original box

@KenOnStrength 2 жыл бұрын

@@shannonshort4987 Regardless, the dimensions have to be close.

@redcat9436 Жыл бұрын

Booth didn't break his leg in the jump. He broke it when his horse tripped during the getaway.

@LITTLE1994 2 жыл бұрын

I've been in the Capital, the Supreme Court Building, and even the White House, but not THIS. Yeah, this place is definitely important history. I wish I can go there.

@rickeastwood1220 2 жыл бұрын

Hallowed!

@paulaplachno5067 2 жыл бұрын

How much of the Theatre is original? “Almost all of the interior structure of the theatre was removed when it was converted to a fireproof warehouse in 1866. More modifications were made in the 1890s following the building collapse, and again in the 1920s with the creation of the Lincoln Museum. Today, the only original parts of the theatre building include the front façade, structural elements in the roof framing and attic, and some smaller portions of the exterior brick walls on the north and south sides. On the front of the theatre facing 10th Street, several window openings were altered (evident from the change in brick color), leaving the southernmost set of windows as the only ones that are completely original. Some repair work was also done to repair the bowing front façade in the 1866 renovation.”

@Gameboy-Unboxings 2 жыл бұрын

Well, that's very disappointing.

@johnfd0210 2 жыл бұрын

So, just so I am clear, will ask again, when they say, "This is the theater box where Lincoln and his group were sitting..." it is not? I know the original chair is at the Henry Ford Museum; but the interior of the theater has all been rebuilt?

@user-pz6sf6gu4f Ай бұрын

3:13 -> John Wilkes Booth’s Gun

@anonymous-bg9fn Жыл бұрын

pull one of the books out

@nadineclarke9423 Жыл бұрын

U missed what booth said when he jumped on the stage

@AndysAwesomeAdventures Жыл бұрын

No, I didn't. Check out 2:19.

@nadineclarke9423 Жыл бұрын

@@AndysAwesomeAdventures love history and got something to tell u about booth you'll be shocked to hear this

@caydenrgarrett 3 жыл бұрын

Is that the same chair he sat in?

@shanebriggs1039 Жыл бұрын

@efrainacevedo2938 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a few years back entering a antique shop in Massachusetts and they a piece of Lincoln hair for $40 dollar I should have brought it but unfortunately my wife told me not too I shouldn't have listened to her after seeing this video

@Gameboy-Unboxings 2 жыл бұрын

Your wife told you not to ? wow... and what the hell makes her the one in charge?

@tightwad 2 жыл бұрын

I bought that hair 9 months ago but will sell to u for $10,000. What the hell, I will throw in the Brooklyn Bridge and some Orange hair for another $5,000 only

@iAmMadeOfSoup 2 жыл бұрын

My history professor said that the guard let him in because he was a famous actor

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, as I mentioned in the video, because the owner of Ford's Theatre had hired Booth to perform there a few times before, no one gave a second thought to seeing him enter the building on that night.

@whoami23358 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry I have a question. Does anyone know if President Lincoln was sitting on the left or right side of the box? Just curious, thanks

@bonesray 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it’s the left cause that where the chair is

@whoami23358 3 жыл бұрын

@@bonesray oh ok thanks, sorry last question, do you mean from the front view or inside the box?

@metalpanda1760 3 жыл бұрын

@@whoami23358 no need to say sorry for asking questions. From the paintings that I’ve seen depicting this event, Lincoln would have been sitting on the right hand side if you’re looking at the box from the front (in other words, if you’re looking at the box as if you were sitting in the audience). That’s not the actual chair, however. The actual chair that President Lincoln was shot in can be seen at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. I hope this helps! Have a nice day!

@whoami23358 3 жыл бұрын

@@metalpanda1760 hey, thank you so much for the info! Hope you have a nice day/evening/night too!

@D70340 2 жыл бұрын

@@metalpanda1760 I believe the pillow they layed Lincolns head on is at the Henry Ford Museum as well. At least it was there the last time i went there decades ago. His clothes were there too.

@stacielynn6153 3 жыл бұрын

Did they keep it the same way it was back then?

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

I know that the picture of George Washington, the sofa where Major Rathbone was sitting, and a carved-back, cane-seat parlor chair, all in the Presidential box, and one of the flags there are all originals from the night of the Lincoln assassination.

@stacielynn6153 3 жыл бұрын

That’s amazing! I can’t wait to go back I’m 30 now and haven’t been since I was 12 I think and the house where he passed was closed I really wanted to see I’m a huge history buff and I love Washington DC ! I wanna go back so bad

@stacielynn6153 3 жыл бұрын

Also I watched a video of the chair Lincoln was in at another museum on Daze with Jordan the lion channel

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

@@stacielynn6153 I'm a history buff, too. It's a big reason why I love to travel!

@ohioken1 3 жыл бұрын

Actually Fords Theater was completely gutted and in poor condition, then was restored to appear as it did in 1865

@Roblox_Yay_Yeah Жыл бұрын

if we ever go there I might try to enter the box that Abraham was shot at (maybe)

@j8t276 2 жыл бұрын

Its weird to see it in colour

@nokomarie1963 3 жыл бұрын

Um, dude? Lincoln was dead for all intents and purposes before that young man stuck his finger into the skull. They kept him breathing until after dawn through some not completely terrible care, but his respirations kept sliding out of control, and his eyes slowly suffused and protruded; he was gone because of the sheer extent of injury to the brain.

@macwright3925 2 жыл бұрын

Yea because u were there and u seen it all u even helped with removing the bullet..smh GTFO

@J1_471 Жыл бұрын

“Dude”

@lpslayla 2 жыл бұрын

I went to field trip there PS I'm in second grade 😂

@autumn8034 Жыл бұрын

why do they have george washingtons picture up there and not Lincolns picture?

@AndysAwesomeAdventures Жыл бұрын

I believe that the picture of George Washington was there the night Lincoln was assassinated. That might even be the original one.

@sethjones6193 Жыл бұрын

The holy Bible is the #1 selling book even today !

@marcozaragoza6132 2 жыл бұрын

Is this show theater real

@AndysAwesomeAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe they still put on shows today.

@Gabriel_-pm5vi 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting Abraham Lincoln was shot on the night of April 14th and died the morning of April 15th. Titanic hit the iceberg April 14th and sank April 15th

@cynthiaclarke3979 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly..Both happened at night and by morning it was all over with..

@nadineclarke9423 Жыл бұрын

He was shot at 10 20 not 20 15

@Noctifern 3 жыл бұрын

Is there any interviews with people who in real life met Lincoln ? Probably 1920s or 1930s I'd guess

@chaseklein774 2 жыл бұрын

So uh this just popped into my mind. Lincoln was Assassinated on April 14, 1865 the R.M.S Titanic sank on April 14, 1912 that’s 47 years apart. Could anyone have help saved the people on the life boats of the titanic or died from the sinking of the titanic who saw lincoln get shot? I guess the world will never know. Also the last photo of John Wilkes Booth is apparently him laying on the deck of the farm house (he was moved to the deck from the barn, he was still alive in the photo if im not mistaken) and it’s the only photo that can’t be found of him to date.