John Wilkes Booth performs for President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre 150 years ago today (1863)

1860s, American Civil War, U.S. Presidents


(Monday, November 9, 1863; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln watched actor John Wilkes Booth in the role of Raphael in The Marble Heart today from the same box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington that Lincoln would be assassinated by Booth 17 months later.