Off as early as we could to catch a tour of Forde's Theatre. We got jammed up on the Metro and arrived a bit late for the tour. Not to worry, they kindly fitted us in on the next our and as they were about to close the theatre we went straight there.
After a good look around the theatre and the exact place where Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, (this section is not usually available to the public so we took plenty of photos),we went downstairs to the basement which had been turned into a magnificient museum. There were many absolutely amazing coincidences with Abe's and JFK's assassination and we bought a plaque stating the similarities. We also were able to see the tiny gun that Booth used to kill Lincoln and a blood stained pillow that was placed under
We then walked across the road to Peterson's Boarding House which was where Lincoln was moved to after being shot. We saw the room and the bed that he actually died in! Again, we were extremely lucky as we were the last visitors to be allowed into the Peterson Boarding House as it was closing for renovations!
Later in the afternoon we took a walk to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial - and once again we were amazed with the opulence of such a beautiful memorial building.
That night we had our "Lincoln Assassination" tour with DC by Foot and Chris was our tour guide. Between
Jonathan and Chris I don't think that we missed out on any information regarding Lincoln's assassination! Chris was very kind to us after the tour and took us Aussies to behind Ford's Theatre to show us the exit door that Booth had used and showed us his escape route by horse that fateful night. It was a thoroughly enjoyable tour.
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