CSPAN3 Fords Theatre Silent Witnesses Exhibit April 25, 2015
It is part of the exhibits we are working on, which opens this month. April 14, 1865 was an incredible day for both the lincolns and washington. News had reached the city that robert e lee had surrendered to grant. The war was finally coming to a conclusion. 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 lincolns themselves you know, or celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war and all o...