White House South Portico
What
Are They Wearing in
Washington?
Fort Sumter
The Whispering Gallery
The Death of Willie
The Hall of Sorrows
Rumors in the Kitchen
Lincoln's
Office in the
White House
Emancipation Proclamation
Shadow Play
Black Troops Go to
War
The War Gallery
Casualties
of the Telegraph
Office
The Gettysburg Gallery
The Tide Turns
Ford's Theater
The Funeral Train
Lying in State
Holding on to Lincoln
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Journey Two
The White House Years
Ford's Theater
is a recreation of the presidential box in Ford's Theater.
Lincoln holds Mary's hand. Behind him, John Wilkes Booth is
just entering the presidential box. Booth's hand is suspiciously
reaching under his jacket. On the opposite wall, we read Lincoln's
touching last words to his wife, spoken moments before he
was shot.
As you enter The Funeral
Train, you learn that the president is dead.
This gallery displays a map of the route of Lincoln's funeral
train together with advertisements and announcements inviting
mourners to pay their last respects. You can easily see that
this was the longest, most elaborate funeral in American history.
In this area, you also find the story of the long lost last
photo of Lincoln and how it was eventually discovered in the
Library's collection by a 14-year-old student.
Early Concept Sketch © BRC
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