Ford's Theater in Washington DC Opens Center for Education and Leadership

 Ford's Theater in Washington DC has opened a new Center for Education and Leadership. It honors the life of President Abraham Lincoln, who led the USA during the civil war in the 1860s. While attending a performance at Ford's Theater, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by an assassin and later died.

 Close to 750,000 people visit Ford's Theater in Washington DC each year to see where President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Now visitors can go across the street to the house where President Lincoln died and then to the new Center for Education & Leadership next door to it. Attractions include a 10 meter-high tower of 7,000 books on Abraham Lincoln, interactive exhibits, and artifacts. Visitors to the center can see re-creations of the train that carried President Lincoln's coffin and a barn where John Wilkes Booth, the president’s assassin was killed.


Ford's Theater in Washington DC Opens Center for Education and Leadership
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