Why Was Lincoln at the Theater the Night He Was Shot?

Monday, May 17th, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Dr. Sandra Smith discusses the importance of the theater to Lincoln and to our country in the 19th century.

Abraham Lincoln: A Man for His Time, A Man for All Times

Monday, May 17th, 2010

A national traveling exhibition organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The traveling exhibition has been made possible in part through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of human experience and cultural heritage.