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
The Whispering Gallery is a twisted, nightmarish hallway where you will hear brutally unkind things said about Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln during their early months in Washington. On the walls are cruel caricatures and mean political cartoons that attack the Lincolns.
The Death of Willie is an immersive scene. You are standing with Abraham and Mary in Willie's bedroom inside the White House on the night of February 5, 1862 during a lavish White House party celebrating Mrs. Lincolns redecoration of the house. Abraham and Mary are in their formal party clothes at Willie's bedside. Earlier, doctors had assured them that Willie was recovering, so the Lincolns have gone ahead with plans for the party. Now, during the party, Willie is taking a turn for the worse. Two weeks later, he will die.
The Hall of Sorrows is a small alcove with a figure of Mary grieving the death of Willie.
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