150 years ago today “President Abraham Lincoln attends the theater in Washington, D.C., ironically observing actor John Wilkes Booth perform in The Marble Heart.” [1] According to The Lincoln Log (you can search by the date or the name of the play) the play was staged at Ford’s Theatre .
Back on February 18, 1861 John Wilkes Booth and President-elect Lincoln both lodged in Albany, New York. Mr. Booth was performing in a play; Mr. Lincoln was on his train journey to Washington for his inauguration.
In March 1863 Mr. Booth played in The Marble Heart in Philadelphia.
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- [1]Fredriksen, John C. Civil War Almanac. New York: Checkmark Books, 2008. Print. page 370.↩