so that was really the first relic take it from -- taken from abraham lincoln in this room. then, it was time to bring lincoln home to the white house. so the secretary of war sent for what was needed to convey -- take the dead body of a president to the white house. soldiers returned from a military shop a few weeks old -- a few blocks away carrying a rectangular, plain hide box. with a screwtop lid. and so, when those soldiers rounded the corner and came up 10th street with that box, the crowd moaned because they knew, intellectually, that the president had died. they saw the cabinet members leaving. but the side effects often was the real reputation of their hopes. so that coffin was taken down this hallway and laid on the floor right here. and before lincoln's body was placed in a coffin, soldiers took a 35 star flag -- and that lincoln's naked body in the colors of the union. the stars would have been wrapped over lincoln's face. lincoln had ordered that the flag keep its full complement of stars in the civil war to symbolize that the union was permanent. and lincoln wou

they had no choice but to lay abraham lincoln diagonally. at that point, too many people were in the room. it was hot. the doctor ordered people out. he needed to examine lincoln. -- he needed to examine the president. he knew that he had been shot in the head but he did not know if he had other wounds. once the doctors were alone, they stripped lincoln naked and examined him on the bed. as the doctors began the examination of lincoln, they observed he had no other wounds. they thought he might have been stand -- stabbed because almost everyone saw john wilkes booth flash the dagger on stage after he leaked -- leaked from the box. he had the single shot behind the left ear. as lincoln was lying on the bed, mary lincoln and her entourage came through the front door of the petersen house and went to the front parlor. we will go that way and see what mary lincoln did. when lincoln was first brought in this house, he had no bodyguards. the army was not here yet. and so strangers came into the house and observed lincoln and lingered in the hallway

that morning, abraham lincoln has breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, his eldest, joins them for breakfast. he was at appomattox. he was part of ulysses s. grant's staff, and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration of her and the lincolns themselves were celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war coming to an end and all the burdens that had on the president. he decides that, to celebrate in different kinds of ways. one thing he decides is go on a carriage ride with his wife mary lincoln. it is an incredible ride. mary asks whether they should invite anyone to join them. abraham lincoln says, no, you like to go, just the two. they talk about their future. and lincoln turns to her and says "now is the time where we should put aside our sorrows and think about the future." and he says he would like to go to see the holy land and see the gold mines in the west. and mary talks about how she would like to go see the capitals of europe. should they move back to

they have no choice but to larry abraham lincoln diagonally. -- lay abraham lincoln diagonally. the doctor ordered people out. he needed to examine lincoln. he knew that he had been shot in the head but he did not know if he had other wounds. they stripped him naked and examined him on the bed. they thought he might have been stabbed. almost everybody in the theater had seen john wilkes with the dagger. but lincoln was unwonted except for the shot of a single bullet behind the left ear. mary lincoln and her entourage came to the front door of the peterson house and went to the front parlor. we will go that way and see what mary lincoln did. when lincoln was first brought into this house he had no bodyguard. the army was not here yet. and so strangers came into the house and observed lincoln and lingered in the hallways. it was not until 15 or 20 minutes later that lincoln was under the protection of the army. the soldiers and officers cleared everyone out that was not known to them. mary lincoln was frantic by then. she came through the house screaming "where is my husband? why

we felt the presence of abraham lincoln. they created the happiness that lincoln must've felt.dent said what we will miss her think of me hanging on to you some those were the last words i spoke. for me having for me having written many books, having come here for much of my life command is deeply moving to be standing on 10th street. >> we want to bring in viewers and listeners. as listeners. as you look back at exactly what happened and reflect on what abraham lincoln meant to this country's, what do you think it was like in terms of the communication and getting the word that lincoln had died early the next day? >> well, people do. about 11:00 o'clock that night the pres.'s i can't his body was carried across the street. he was pronounced mortally wounded. the pres. of the united states cannot diana floor of the theater. taken to a saloon. we can have the pres. diana saloon. he was taken to the peterson house command there began a vigil. >> listen for a moment if we could. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>

at 7:21 and 55 seconds, abraham lincoln drew his last breath. seconds his heart stopped beating. it was over. he's gone, he's dead, one of the doctors said. to the reverend, the lincoln family minister, it seemed four or five minutes passed before the slightest sound. and secretary secretary stanton broke the silence but he spoke i will speak to god, the minister said. let us pray. 1 million americans viewed his corpse when it was placed on public view in the 12 great cities of the north, including new york philadelphia, and chicago. more than 7 million watched his funeral train pass by as a child from washington westwood home to illinois. when lilacs last in the dooryard bloom, here are the coffin slowly passes i give you my sprig of lilac. clanging bells, fragrant flowers, these were the sounds , symbols, and scents of the spring of 1865. it's altogether fitting that ford's theatre should commemorate the 150 anniversary of the death of abraham lincoln. it was here on 10th street, the nation's capital, the great tragedy unfolded at ford's theat

this is a ride that would have been familiar to abraham lincoln. he first rode out a few days after his inauguration and he retraced those words daily. he last rode out before his visits to ford's theater. tomorrow, i'll country will market lincoln's death, but today we celebrate his life the profound and lasting impact of his ideals and values. he himself said that if his name goes into history it would be for the the emancipation proclamation, a document that he recognized was also not enough to he celebrates his eagerness to hear the verge and perspectives. the neighborhoods offered that to lincoln and offers that wonderful diversity today. we celebrate the hope that lincoln had for the future. his last ride to the soldiers home reminds us that he was enjoying the present, mindful of the past, and eagerly looking ahead to the future. thank you for joining us on this fine day. as you might imagine, retracing his ride is a bit of an undertaking. we are pleased to be join in our efforts by the fort myer caisson platoon, affordable farm services, the

that morning, abraham lincoln had breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, his eldest son, joined him for breakfast. and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration. and the lincoln's themselves you know, or celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war and all of the burdens that it had on the president. he decides that day to celebrate in different kinds of ways. one thing he decides this to go on a carriage ride with his wife. and it is an incredible ride that the two of them take. mary asked whether they should invite anyone to join them. abraham lincoln said, no, he would like to go just the two of them to and they take us right around the city and a talk about their future. lincoln turns to her and says, now is the time where we should really put aside our sorrow and think about the future. and he says that he would like to go to, you know, see the holy land. and see the gold mines in the west. and mary talks about how she would like to go visit the capitals of

before abraham lincoln became a vampire hunter he was actually a vampire himself. well, since the civil war americans have been fascinated by lincoln's dreams and prophetic statements such as when in 1861 at independence hall he said he would rather be assassinated on that spot than sacrifice the principles of the declaration of independence. sometimes lincoln's sense of humor came out in his dreams. lincoln's private secretary recorded one such dream in his diary writing lincoln dreamed he was in a party of playing people. as it became known who he was they began to comment on his appearance. one said he is a very common looking man. the president replied in his dream common looking people are the best in the world. that is the reason the lord makes so many of them. most come from second hand accounts like this. there are a few rare exceptions where we get a glimpse into lincoln's dreams. in 1848 lincoln wrote a letter about a foolish dream he had about robert todd lincoln and it made him very concerned until he got a letter back from mary that stated that robert w

so abraham lincoln's father moved to indiana. he does not do well in indiana. it is where lincoln's mother dies. and later on he moves to illinois. he never really gets his feet under him again. but among the people who have moved into this northwest territory there is the idea that government should not be dominated by a few wealthy people. they hold very strongly to the northwest ordinance, which is after all based on the law that was written by thomas jefferson who is the same person who wrote or cribbed the declaration of independence. his name is associated with both of those laws. you see this very strongly in the lincoln-douglas debates where he talks about it a lot. lincoln and people like him believe that the government should not be controlled by a few wealthy men. and they are fairly confident that this has been taken care of with the northwest ordinance. and later on in 1820 they are going to fight over the missouri compromise which is going to divide the land acquired by the united states with the louisiana purchase of 1803. it is going to divide th

throughout his presidency, abraham lincoln worship in the new york avenue presbyterian church in washingtonovereignty with gurley the man revered by the lincoln family. these discussions may well have influenced lincoln's thoughts on the war and future of our nation which he presented in his second inaugural address 150 years ago. as we stand here on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday, it's also important to note this historic church sent ministers to selma to support dr. king's fight for civil rights. i now have the pleasure to introduce you to rechb roger ginch of new york avenue presbyterian church to deliver the invocation. >> let us pray. oh god you raised up a profit for us in abraham lincoln who's spirit of humility and courage are a model for us today. out of his life cut short, amid a war that ruptured family and country, the spirit of the man rose in the life of his people to heal the nation of what was a great offense of slavery. in the spirit of lincoln we come bold his before you today giving thanks for his witness and pray it may continue to inspire us for the month men us

abraham lincoln had a lot to do with that. talk about history being made, bruce cappen noted the incredible site. he fought for themselves. the men who voted in 1864. and it was disproportionately for lincoln. that was a vote 23r emancipation. lincoln had a relationship with the men of the union that was probably unique. what's interesting is that was east and west. lincoln never went to the west. he department go west because the armies in the west were never victorious. i tend to agree with jack davis. president lincoln and the general came down together to view the army. he was a good looking man and a splendid figure on horse back. you can do everything with an army but leave it. mine haven't. lincoln was rather awkward. he came to washington to recooperate. wilbur fisk met at the city coin. and he talked about the honor, how thrilled the men were to see lincoln. came e came from one of the divisions. a professor of rhetoric and modern languages who, the academics above you, when you go on sell bat kal, generally you don't

charles leo, he was the first doctor to reach abraham lincoln and the presidential box and started to care for lincoln that evening. then laura keene, she also made her way to the box and cradle the presidents head on her lap. brought water for him. then left later, try to get the crowd under control. then lurking in the background sneaking around the corner, we have our assassin -- john wilkes. booth. our second section looks at the arrival to the theater. the lincolns and their guests arrived late. lincoln was finishing up business at the white house hurt when they came in, the show was in progress. the show was stopped and the president and first lady were introduced. there were walking across the belkin. they played "hail to the chief." we have a violin and the pair of drumsticks that were played that evening. these have not been on view for several years. they are part of the national park service collection. then our third section is the actual acts of the assassination. the president is shot. so the key figure here is the derringer gun used by john wilkes booth to assassinate t

. >>> honoring abraham lincoln. hundreds of people across the district marking the change in america 150 years ago tonight. >>> first at 11:00, a towing crack down in montgomery county. >> a councilmember says it is the number one consumer complaint of the county. tow truck operators grabbing cars as fast as they can and costing you big bucks. >> dorothy spencer is live in bethesda tonight with a practice that could end what's called predatory towing. dorothy? >> reporter: it's inconvenient and it's expensive. many companies put up these signs in their parking lots warning people if you park here you're going to get towed. but one montgomery county councilmember says some of these towing companies are taking it too far. jeanette bordeaux knows what it's like to have her car towed. >> what was your thought when you walked out and your car was gone? >> i thought my friends were playing a joke on me. >> reporter: but it was no joke. it happened when she was visiting friends in an apartment complex in montgomery county.

we are a state because of abraham lincoln. he was faced with the question of west virginia state hood. he was not happy i can tell you, to have 2 state hood bill on his degsing. he had a pretty full plat e plate at the time. and lincoln, it becomes a political decision for lincoln to create the new state of west virginia. now, he had the cabinet of six people. he took the question of where've wv state to his cabinet. he asked them to vote on the i shall shoe of west virginia state hood. and they did. three fsh, tleed gernsz. so that his cab net was evenly split. so it would be abraham lincoln who would be the deciding vote to create. he signed it on december 31st. it's important to note that just a few days later, he would issue the emancipation proclamation. so for abraham lincoln, the issuing got lowing the emancipation proclamation is a 1-2 political punchts. if you were loyal to the union, than this was your government. the richmond government did not recognize this government. the important thing is that the united states

online so that anyone, anywhere in the world can learn more about how regular people responded to abraham lincoln'sssassination. david mckenzie: when lincoln was assassinated, of course this was five days after general robert he lead surrendered to general ulysses s grant down at appomattox courthouse, and this is, going back and the moment, the first presidential assassination in the country's history. it is something that americans had never experienced before. they had also experienced four years of death and warfare. it was a terrible time. and it is really getting back into the moment is what we are trying to do here. sarah jencks: there is real value, we feel, and we have learned this from watching our visitors, and finding out what they can the people experience with the lincoln assassination. so often, we really only care about the assassination through the stories of the people who were major players that night. and even sometimes then we will then about the stories of the people who were secondary players on the night of the assassination, like the doctor but we don't get to hear what reg

fascinating about a abraham lincoln. there were two groups of people that said lincoln was their best friend. the first were the freed people, african-americans, free and former slaves. the second despite the fact confederates were gleeful in their personal writings they were also very worried. thought lincoln was a lost cause. lincoln was the great statesman and confederates, although they were glad for the moment of reprieve and glad union supporters were suffering because it was a turn around, they were also very worried. the other thing is confederates were clear is they wanted booth alone to be blamed for the assassination. in other words union supporters were saying it was the spirit of the confederacy that did this. slavery that did this. all through confederate letters and diaries you see people saying two things. they first say booth is our hero and the second thing is he was a lone madman and doesn't represent the sentiments of con confederacy. they knew they needed to move forward. thank you for that. >> we hav

when lioningon wrote the -- abraham lincoln wrote the telegram the nation was coming apart at the scenean was not. >> was he a man of the people. >> definitely a man of the people >>> jim says lincoln's writings show he as unwaiverering in his conviction to end slavery. >> he made many comments about how wrong slavery was. let me take you to a surprising document in the exhibition. >> the document deals with the slave trader facing the death penalty. >>lingon to the surprise -- abraham lincoln, to the surprise of many refused to grant him clemency and was the first slave trader to grand clemency, makinglingon the only american president to experience slave trading. >> the exhibit offers insight to the man behind the legend in letters like this one. >> he writs this alert to a woman, mary owen. we hadn't met. in the letter he was trying to persuade her why she wouldn't want to be involved with him. >> much centers on the issue defying the time and a man that lost his life trying to end it. slavery. >> here is a thing called general orders number 252 issued in july 18, '63. the black sold

here, 80 years before, leigh -- -- lay abraham lincoln., home again, to the garden of his family home in hyde park, new york, comes president roosevelt. here in the old and lovely hudson river estate, which several years ago he bequeathed to the people of the united states, the mortal remains of a man who has known no parallel in our time will rest forever. ♪ [playing taps] [gunshots] ♪ >> the nation and the world more and with mrs. roosevelt and her family. -- mourn with mrs. roosevelt and her family. ♪ harry s truman, president of the united states, distinguished senator from the state of missouri for 10 years and vice president since the last national election, mr. truman brings to his new high office and understanding of the gigantic american war effort second only to that of the late president roosevelt. climaxing a long record of senatorial leadership, as chief of the famous truman committee on war production his work was vital in the war effort. at last summer's democratic national convention, harry truman was chosen as candidate fo

he belongs to the angels. >> reporter: word of the secretary of war a announcing the death of abraham lincoln. actor chris johnson joined a troop preparing for wednesday night's commemoration of lincoln's assassination at the union league in philadelphia where a remarkable collection of lincoln artifacts are exhibited. for curator jim mundy the touch stonies the gun. >> it is a replica of the gun that was used to kill abraham lincoln. it was made here in philadelphia william penn city of brotherly love don't work out that way in the 19th century. >> reporter: walking in the exhibit you are struck by personal images that carried americans in their grief, in more personal then a square piece of lincoln's linen shirt, a relic, the family of the philadelphia solder who had carried lincoln's body to the autopsy had been given one of six pieces that night. >> only known piece that exist of the six. >> reporter: as news reporters we look for eyewitness accounts. james tanner was a stenographer who wrote down the account of what james ferguson had seen that faithful night, one of the treasures of uni

the papers of abraham lincoln is trying to locate, digitize and transcribe all the documents written llected images of 100,000 documents so far. we think there may be 50,000 more out there to find. it's a way to bring all these pieces together, many that have not been seen in 150 years. >> i want to talk about what has yet to be found, but what about the documents you found so far? what's been some of the most interesting articles you've come across? >> i think it's exciting to find a lot of different kinds of stories. we found the first telegram that abraham lincoln ever sent in a newspaper. he sent it from the wig national convention to his hometown. we found letters from which he pleads with army officers to take a command and says he'll hold their horse for them if they're willing to take the command. we found poignant letters where fathers are writing to lincoln asking for help in recovering their son's body killed in battle. every document tells an interesting story, and together, they show us the life of a very busy individual an incredibly busy president. >> where do these let

. >>> this week marks 150 years since abraham lincoln was shot and killed inside a d.c. theater. n was at ford theater with his wife when john wilkes booth shot him during a play. lincoln died the following morning at a house right across the street. ford's theater is commemorating lincoln's death with unprecedented access to the theater as well as artifacts from that night. on wednesday morning, bells tolled across the city in lincoln's honor. >>> as the city looks back at this turning point in history, you have a chance to see an incredible collection of historic items that no one has seen together since that night. they're on display at ford's theater center for education. as new 4's aaron gilchrist shows us they build an exhibit called silent witnesses. >> reporter: small and ornate set alone and brightly lit, it is the weapon that ended one of our greatest presidents and placed ford's theater in history in a way no one expected. this is john wilkes booth .44 caliber pistol fired at president lincoln from less than a foot away. >> it would fit easily into a coat pocket or a pa

>> yes, of course he was. >> there was hesitance. >> abraham lincoln was able to tell the truth but tell it obliquely. >> he was in a very much in a real sense much like today's politicians. this exhibit is entitled "lincoln speaks." it is agrab hamlin con in his own words. >> he treasured language. he read widely. he loved poetry, he loved shakespearean plays. >> what he said and what he wrote. sometimes raw and always to the point. like this note to union general ulysses grant. >> he sends in memo. aware that telegrams can be intercepted by the enemy. i just read your stats at 1:00 p.m. yesterday. i begin to see it. you will succeed. god bless you all. >> that thing that grant would succeed at was winning the american civil war. when lincoln wrote the telegram, hundreds of thousands of soldiers had died. the nation was coming apart at the seams. lincoln was not. >> was he a man of the people or a blue blood? >> definitely a man of the people. but upwardly mobile, and always self improving. he's intent essentially quintessentially american that way. >> he wrote with the conviction to en

abraham lincoln was dead. >> ladies and gentlemen, our president has breathed his last. jeanette: history buffs and others were immersed in living history. it was a touching and emotional experience and for many, a time of reflection. >> it was a cold night with drizzly rain and it was the same. >> emotional moment for me is when they were playing "amazing grace" after the announcement of his death. >> something huge and drastic to happen that can change the course of history. jeanette: the incomprehensible loss to america was communicated through song poems and speeches today. >> ♪ gone forever ♪ jeanette: more than just an emotional experience for susan will, it's a somber day in history that seems eerily similar to america today. >> a lot of all the same issues our lives today. and if we're not careful, the same sort of things will happen again. jeanette: reporting in northwest, jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. jummy: coming up on abc 7 news at noon the surprisingly dangerous consumer product used in many homes. the condition that can cause it to create dangerous flash fir

the big crowd has come out to remember abraham lincoln. he was shot in ford's theater across the street, then he was brought into the street and folks do until somebody at this home offered to take them inside. it was here that he ultimately died the next morning. huge crowds have come out, and many through the day have also been taking in many of the artifacts in the area relating to lincoln's assassination. 150 years ago tonight, inside ford's theater, john wilkes booth shot president lincoln from behind as he sat in his chair. as booth leapt from the box, his spur called on the portrait of george washington. he fell to the stage. injured, he hobbled in this direction to get away. across kent street, the very gun that booth used, along with the coat and hat that lincoln was wearing. >> the gun in the bloodstained items are in this display. tom: although the gun is displayed in northwest, other items are at the national museum of health and medicine in silver spring. there are pieces of lincoln skull and hair and the bloodstained items fr

where president abram lincoln passed away -- abraham lincoln passed away. up next, the boarding house across the street from ford's theatre where abraham lincoln was shot 150 years ago. >> at about 10:00 10:15, ford's theater opened. people came out screaming. i first they thought the theater was on fire. then they heard that the president was shot. that got the attention of the members of the boarding house. torch frances lived on the first floor. he came out and walked into the street and he could only get half way across and people were screaming. he walked right up to the president's body, and was being taken across the street. and other border henry, heard the noise, too. he saw the commotion, and he heard the shouts that lincoln had been shot. he could not get to ford's theater. so many people were outside in the street. he went up the stairs. he stood of the top of the staircase. he was up there watching as the shoulders pounded on the door of the house next door. they could not get in. he saw there was lincoln in the middle of the street being carri

this week, the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's assassination. they'll track his last ride at 15th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest. tuesday and wednesday ford's theat already hold special ceremonies to mark his final hours. >>> you know the cost of services to deliver gourmet food to your door. is it worth it? consumer reporter ericaka gonzalez examines cost and time to see if you're better going to the grocery store. >>> justin bieber facing more trouble.

would stress about the individual who i'm going to nominate today as person of the year for 1865 abraham lincoln, i started refreshing my thonl of lincoln in 1865. this really wasn't difficult for me, because i actually teach a course at the university of richmond solely devoted to lincoln. though it was easy for me to come up with a number of issues to be convincing i hope, about lincoln's worthiness as person of the year for 1865 as a historian, i thought i should do historical research on all of the previous four person of the year events. this involved my watching on c-span, the website, the 20 previous speakers' presentations to see what worked. as most of you know since many of you have been here all four times, the majority, yes, i've seen andy y seen many of your faces on c-span. some wide awake, some enthusiastic, any way, the winners have been 1861, abraham lincoln, '62, lee, 63 grant, 64 sherman. i have history on my side because all the previous winners were men. indeed, men with beards. [ laughter ] and three of them were on the union side. now you might think that having lincoln wi

has combined elvis with lincoln before. >> excellent accident. >> and why are you dressed as abraham lincoln. lincoln for 25 years now, and i have always believed that for the 21st century america, they need to hear about from abraham lincoln about what kind of nation we are, and what kind of nation we should be and what we should be as citizens, and i love the last paragraph of the second inaugural edaddress and is the advice to america in 1865 that is just as good for america nearly 150 years later. >> lay it on me. >> with mall las toward none, for charity toward all, and with firmness to the right of all and let us strive to have charity toward all, and for those who have borne to achieve a just and lasting nation. >> tell us about the actors. >> there are about 50 of us lincolns in the country. >> do you get together in the same place? >> there is an actual convention of us lincoln presenters. >> all of you are dressed up? >> yes, and there are marys and everything else. >> where do you fall into the hierarchy, do you think? >> i think that i bear one of the most striking resemblances o

this is abraham lincoln's handwriting. flynn would have been the typesetter who actually put this in to type. lincoln got back in uncorrected proof, which he then decided to cut and paste to show how he wanted to read the address. so you see that in four paragraphs, in the manuscript draft, he's cut it up in little sections so he could know how he wanted to read the address, what the pacing was and what i always think is the most interesting of how he wanted to read it. if you see any of the other copies and the word cane is just at the oend of this paragraph. he's describing four years ago on my first inaugural, we had many more reasons to have a longer address. he accounts for the reasons why the war had started. one thing you can always learn about lincoln it's more of a light hearted way. lincoln wrote for how people were going to hear his speech not necessarily sitting by with a book of grammar. so he would write how he wanted his audience to hear something. so if he wantd them to take a pause, he'll add a comma. the p

among them are some of the most important images of abraham lincoln.tos to a library. >> the binake library at yale university along with private funds just purchased one of the largest collections of photographs of abraham lincoln in the civil war period. it's a famous private collection which was never valued before because it had been building in one family's hands for the last 120 years. this collection seems to hold something on the order of 57,000 pieces of which many thousands are glass negative originals from the mid 19th century. and the detail that it shows if well tone is sensational. you can see every hair on lincoln's face. you can see his pores his wrinkles and facial characteristics that changed during his presidency. there is one glass picture that every would recognize because it's the basis for the lincoln penny. this is the exact pro fail face fog your right taken in 1864, not by matthew brady himself but one of his extremely skilled operatives. brady had a guy named alexander gardner, an immigrant from scotland he took that famous p

-- abraham lincoln's assassination. he was shot five days after the civil war ended. ford's theatre will have living historians recreate the street scenes tonight as well as holding a candlelight vigil. the museum is also displaying the greatest artifacts of the era, including the gun used by john wilkes booth to as assassinate the president. >> it's amazing this is the actual pistol used to assassinate the president. >> it's so small. it's only 44 caliber and yet this one small weapon caused so much damage, so much grief. >> president lincoln would die the day after he was shot in the peterson house which is across the street from ford's theater. bells will toll tomorrow to mark the exact moment of lincoln's death. >>> hillary rodham clinton kicked off her first campaign event this afternoon in iowa. the presidential front runner will attend a round table discussion with students and educators at a community college. on the republican side senator marco rubio, this is his first full day on the presidential campaign tra

ford's theater and the abraham lincoln institute co-hosted this event.t's an hour. >> on the night of april 11th 1985, large crowd gathered outside the north portico of the white house. they come to hear the president speak and now with the war all but one his were the words northerners most wanted to hear and southerners most needed to hear. he spoke of black voting rights. he spoke of reconciliation tolerance and moderation toward fallen folks. it was not the best speech me made far from it. fell dead holding without affect on the audience. but given the time to make deeds of his words it might have been one of more far reaching. tragically he was not to be granted that time. as has been noted there was one in the audience that night who would use lincoln's words as the catalyst for one of most heinous and destructive acts in our nation's history. from childhood we are taught to know john wilkes booth is to hate him. he's demonized as the embodiment of evil and yet few of us really know very much about him other than the fact that he was a handsome and

it was exactly 150 years ago last night that president abraham lincoln was shot at ford's theatre. he was shot at 10:00 p.m. national park service rangers handed out candles at the lincoln memorial for a vigil with visitors. such a beautiful spot to hold that tribute. on this morning, in 1865 doctors were still fighting to save lincoln's life and a manhunt was under way for his assassin who was hiding out in maryland. >> right now, ford's theatre is marking the anniversary with an around the clock tribute. news4's megan mcgrath is live this morning where re-enactors are preparing for a big announcement, right? >> reporter: right. that announcement comes at 7:22 when president lincoln was pronounced dead. you can see behind me we have musicians in period costume performing. one of many events taking place this morning and really we have seen events happening throughout the night. they're really trying to re-enact things. to really show what happened in the wake of the shooting at ford's theatre. now, a little while ago, we got a re-enactment an update from one of the doctors or an ac