The infamous location of Lincoln’s assassination, Ford’s Theatre, reopened its doors in February with a dual functionality: theatre and museum. The Ford’s Theatre Society along with its partner the National Park Service renovated the historic Washington DC landmark, adding a 7,000 square foot exhibit which memorializes Abraham Lincoln, and restoring the theater to its appearance on […]
20
Jul
09
Ford's Theatre Now Open as a Theatre and Museum
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18
Feb
09
The Economist on President Lincoln
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic Periodicals“THE success of the Republican candidate for the Presidency in the United States will prove one of the greatest events of modern times” – Economist, November 24, 1860. This editorial, along with two others from 1865, were just posted in the From the archive section of the Economist’s website. This British newspaper considered the Republican […]
18
Nov
08
On this day 150 years ago an article was published in the New York Times giving the figures for the amount of police arrests in the past twelve months. Though crime had decreased throughout the year, it still was higher than anyone wished or expected to see. The statistics didn’t necessarily reflect the amount of […]
17
Nov
08
The House Divided Project contains many depictions of Underground Railroad related violence, many taken from William Still’s The Underground Railroad. Depictions of events such as this one of the Christiana Riot are surprisingly graphic despite being hand drawn engravings. Other pictures with titles like “Desperate Conflict in a Barn” and “Fight in the Bay” are […]
21
Jul
08
Slave Resistance at Christiana, Pennsylvania
Posted by Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), General Opinion, Recent ScholarshipElla Forbes, former professor of African American studies at Temple University and author of “But We Have No Country: The 1851 Christiana, Pennsylvania Resistance,” has written an article on the use of violence at the Christiana Resistance. Forbes argues that the use of violence at Christiana is “…an indication of the alienation blacks felt in […]
24
Jun
08
The Library of Congress has a number of interesting image collections that students might like to see. One I might use in my class next semester is on President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. They have pictures of Ford’s theater, the conspirators, the funeral, and a wanted poster. I’ve only included the top half of that poster, […]
