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.
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2012-02-22
Museum of African American History and Culture - Washington DC is Being Built
The Museum of African American History and Culture is being built on the National Mall in Washington DC.
Americans will get their first national museum devoted exclusively to African American life, art, history and culture. When complete the Museum of African American History and Culture will be the Smithsonian Institution's 19th museum. The $500-million African American History Museum opens in late 2015 and is expected to attract more than 3 million visitors every year. The Museum of African American History and Culture will be the largest museum to focus on African Americans and will display thousands of artifacts.
"When future generations hear these songs of pain and progress and struggle and sacrifice I hope they will not think of them as somehow separate from the larger American story," said President Obama. "I want them to see it as a central and important part of our shared story - a call to see ourselves in one another."
Museum of African American History and Culture - Washington DC
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"When future generations hear these songs of pain and progress and struggle and sacrifice I hope they will not think of them as somehow separate from the larger American story," said President Obama. "I want them to see it as a central and important part of our shared story - a call to see ourselves in one another."
Museum of African American History and Culture - Washington DC
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