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Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
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Did You Know?
It is no mistake that President George Washington’s portrait adorns the State Box where President Lincoln was seated in Ford’s Theatre. The original lithograph, along with American flags, and a US Treasury Guard flag, was placed there to decorate the box on April 14, 1865.
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Last Updated: July 26, 2006 at 12:25 EST |