they had no choice but to lay abraham lincoln diagonally. at that point, too many people were in the room. it was hot. the doctor ordered people out. he needed to examine lincoln. he knew that he had been shot in the head but he did not know if he had other wounds. once the doctors were alone, they stripped lincoln naked and examined him on the bed. as the doctors began the examination, they observed he had no other wounds. they thought he might have been stepped because almost everyone saw john wilkes booth flash the dagger on stage after he leaked from the box. he had the single shot behind the left ear. as lincoln was lying on the bed mary lincoln and her entourage , came to the front door of the petersen house and went to the front parlor. we will go that way and see what mary lincoln did. when lincoln was first brought in this house, he had no bodyguards. the army was not here yet. and so strangers came into the house and observed lincoln and lingered in the hallways. it was not until 15 or 20 minutes later that lincoln was under the fu

they have no choice but to larry abraham lincoln diagonally. -- lay abraham lincoln diagonally. the doctor ordered people out. he needed to examine lincoln. he knew that he had been shot in the head but he did not know if he had other wounds. please correct him naked and examined him on the bed. -- they stripped him naked and examined him on the bed. almost everybody in the theater had seen john wilkes with the dagger. but lincoln was unwonted except for the shot of a single bullet behind the left ear. mary lincoln and her entourage came to the front door of the peterson house and went to the front parlor. we will go that way and see what mary lincoln did. when lincoln was first brought into this house he had no bodyguard. the army was not here yet. and so strangers came into the house and observed lincoln and lingered in the hallways. it was not until 15 or 20 minutes later that lincoln was under the protection of the army. the soldiers and officers cleared everyone out that was not known to them. mary lincoln was frantic by then. she came through the house screaming "where is

they had no choice but to lay abraham lincoln diagonally. at that point, too many people were in the room. it was hot. the doctor ordered people out. he needed to examine lincoln. -- he needed to examine the president. he knew that he had been shot in the head but he did not know if he had other wounds. once the doctors were alone, they stripped lincoln naked and examined him on the bed. as the doctors began the examination of lincoln, they observed he had no other wounds. they thought he might have been stand -- stabbed because almost everyone saw john wilkes booth flash the dagger on stage after he leaked -- leaked from the box. he had the single shot behind the left ear. as lincoln was lying on the bed, mary lincoln and her entourage came through the front door of the petersen house and went to the front parlor. we will go that way and see what mary lincoln did. when lincoln was first brought in this house, he had no bodyguards. the army was not here yet. and so strangers came into the house and observed lincoln and lingered in the hallwa

we know so much about abraham lincoln. i mean, you can imagine, how many books are written about him all the time, that to be able to see the carriage he wrote in -- he rode in, the hat he used to wear, and start to understand and reality when actually he was about, the country was about and what happened that night is what we do with the national museum. objects by themselves have their own stories. and so, here, we know it is abraham lincoln's carriage by his initials are on the side of the carriage. so, all of a sudden becomes more and more real to us actually was his carriage he rode in. it's pretty extraordinary. >> they are standing here in the center for education and leadership in the special exhibits gallery for silent witnesses, artifacts of the lincoln assassination. and we have brought together this jewel box exhibit for the 150th anniversary of the lincoln assassination. and it is an exhibit we have been working on for about three years now. and just wanting to bring, reunite objects that were here 150 years a

they have no choice but to larry abraham lincoln diagonally. -- lay abraham lincoln diagonally. the doctor ordered people out. he needed to examine lincoln. he knew that he had been shot in the head but he did not know if he had other wounds. they stripped him naked and examined him on the bed. they thought he might have been stabbed. almost everybody in the theater had seen john wilkes with the dagger. but lincoln was unwonted except for the shot of a single bullet behind the left ear. mary lincoln and her entourage came to the front door of the peterson house and went to the front parlor. we will go that way and see what mary lincoln did. when lincoln was first brought into this house he had no bodyguard. the army was not here yet. and so strangers came into the house and observed lincoln and lingered in the hallways. it was not until 15 or 20 minutes later that lincoln was under the protection of the army. the soldiers and officers cleared everyone out that was not known to them. mary lincoln was frantic by then. she came through the house screaming "where is my husband? why

how ironic because abraham lincoln leads in exactly the same things. those runs off stage and before he gets to the wings he utters one final exclamation. it's really a choice! himself but a few patrons here. booth says to himself i done it. and then he runs out the hallway hallway, goes out the backdoor to the ford's theatre gets on his horse and galloped away. he's gone before the audience realizes what has happened. that's the first moment of his successful escape from ford's theater and it took 12 days to hunt him down. >> guest: more event happening outside of ford's theater. we'll continue to listen in. >> he struck something. i looked down and i picked up a very small but notable derringer pistol trade that pistol is now property them or metropolitan police and my friends, please pray with m [inaudible conversations] >> host: some of the sights and sounds of among tenth street in northwest -- northwest washington d.c. as people gather gather. want to thank james wants and the author of the book "manhunt" the 12-day chase for lincoln's killer and

at 7:21 and 55 seconds, abraham lincoln drew his last breath. at 7:22 and 10 seconds his heart stopped beating. it was over. he's gone, he's dead, one of the doctors said. to the reverend, the lincoln family minister, it seemed four or five minutes passed before the slightest sound. and secretary secretary stanton broke the silence but he spoke i will speak to god, the minister said. let us pray. 1 million americans viewed his corpse when it was placed on public view in the 12 great cities of the north, including new york philadelphia, and chicago. more than 7 million watched his funeral train pass by as a child from washington westwood home to illinois. when lilacs last in the dooryard bloom, here are the coffin slowly passes i give you my sprig of lilac. clanging bells, fragrant flowers, these were the sounds , symbols, and scents of the spring of 1865. it's altogether fitting that ford's theatre should commemorate the 150 anniversary of the death of abraham lincoln. it was here on 10th street, the nation's capital, the great tragedy unfolded

how ironic because abraham lincoln leads in exactly the same things. those runs off stage and before he gets to the wings he utters one final exclamation. it's really a choice! himself but a few patrons here. booth says to himself i done it. and then he runs out the hallway hallway, goes out the backdoor to the ford's theatre gets on his horse and galloped away. he's gone before the audience realizes what has happened. that's the first moment of his successful escape from ford's theater and it took 12 days to hunt him down. >> guest: more event happening outside of ford's theater. we'll continue to listen in. >> he struck something. i looked down and i picked up a very small but notable derringer pistol trade that pistol is now property them or metropolitan police and my friends, please pray with me and pray for our beloved president. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conver

. >> uss abraham lincoln attention. erin: i would like to thank the riders and the crew of the uss abraham lincoln, as was dr. morris and mr. peck for joining us today. thank you all. i hope this day was as memorable for you as it was for us. [applause] announcer: today, american history tv is marking the 150th anniversary of the lincoln association. you can find hundreds of programs on president lincoln in c-span's video library at the span.org. here is a brief look at one of them. >> imagine for a moment that the president of the united states has been assassinated in your workplace by one of your most admired and respected charismatic colleagues as you stood nearby. picture the chaos as her mind races, fearing for your own safety and the fear of being found. the own chosen words you might have uttered the could of been considered hostile to the president, as well as the times that using socializing with the assassin as recently as the drink you took with him in the bar next door a few hours ago. the more that i start

we know so much about abraham lincoln. you can imagine, how many books are written about him all the time. but to be actually able to see the carriage he rode in, the hat he used to wear, and start to understand and the reality of what actually he was about, the country was about, and what happened that night is what we do at the national museum. objects by themselves have their own stories, so here we notice -- know that it is abraham lincoln's carriage, but his initials are on the side of the carriage. so, all of a sudden, it becomes more and more real to us that it actually was his carriage. he rode in it on that fateful night. it is pretty extraordinary for us. >> we are standing here in the center for education and leadership in the special exhibit gallery, artifacts of lincoln's assassination. and we have brought together this jewelbox exhibit for the 150th anniversary of the lincoln assassination. it is an exhibit we have been working on now for about three years now. we wanted to reunite objects that were here 150

abraham lincoln published in 2011 and most recently emancipation union army and reelection of abraham lincoln both published by louisiana state university press. more than two dozen articles have appeared under his name in scholarly journals in popular history magazines and in 2005 he won the john t. hubble prize for the best article in civil war history. his current book project is "midnight in america night sleep and dreams in the civil war." this energetic and resourceful young historian is assistant professor in american studies at christopher new port university here to speak on lincoln and dreams of death. it's a pleasure to introduce professor jonathan w. white. [ applause ] >>> thanks so much. i'm really thrilled to be here today. i have sat in the audience here at ford's theatre about a dozen times. i almost thought i should have waited until the end of the introduction and made a dramatic entrance on to the stage. i'm hoping since i am first on the program i haven't talked to the folks at ford's but i was wondering if i might be able to recline for the rest of the symposium.

not our abraham lincoln but abraham lincoln's grandfather was actually a distant relative of daniel boone and a speculation was that he lived on the road the daniel boone took when he came back out of kentucky to find his wife who it -- who had gone up to her father. and then he stopped for a night at lincoln's house. that is all anecdotal. it is not a stretch to say that abraham lincoln, the grandfather, heard about this fabulous land in kentucky from daniel boone. in any case, he is one of the people who starts going on this land rush to kentucky. he gets to kentucky, and he does extremely well in kentucky. he gets thousands of acres of land. he gets plenty of land for farming, and he and his three sons are out in their field one day getting ready to prepare the sod when the people who actually live on the land, the indians who own it, decide they do not want them there and they kill abraham lincoln. the grandfather. this is of interest to america's political story because kentucky is governed by virginia's land laws. and virginia's law start with primogeniture. so our abraham lincoln's

although abraham lincoln was not a musical man himself music certainly appealed to him. he always enjoyed a attending shows and concerts. music was an integral part of his life on the frontier and in the white house. during his 1860 presidential campaign, lincoln adopted lincoln and liberty as his official campaign song a song that spoke of abolitionism and log cabin values. perhaps a little more surprising a favorite song of the president's was "dixie" in the afterglow of the confederate's surrender, lincoln said to a group of well wishers that i have always thought dixie one of the members of the senate tunes i've ever heard. our adversaries over the ware attempted to over appropriate it. i presented the question to the attorney general, and he gave it as his legal opinion that it is our lawful prize. here to play lincoln and liberty and dixie is bobby whorton, a multiinstrumentist, musician historian, and great friend of our national parks. bobby has successfully combined his love for music and civil war history and is now one of the leading authorities on music from

abraham lincoln had a lot to do with that. talk about history being made, bruce cappen noted the incredible site. he fought for themselves. the men who voted in 1864. and it was disproportionately for lincoln. that was a vote 23r emancipation. lincoln had a relationship with the men of the union that was probably unique. what's interesting is that was east and west. lincoln never went to the west. he department go west because the armies in the west were never victorious. i tend to agree with jack davis. president lincoln and the general came down together to view the army. he was a good looking man and a splendid figure on horse back. you can do everything with an army but leave it. mine haven't. lincoln was rather awkward. he came to washington to recooperate. wilbur fisk met at the city coin. and he talked about the honor, how thrilled the men were to see lincoln. came e came from one of the divisions. a professor of rhetoric and modern languages who, the academics above you, when you go on sell bat kal, generally you don't

that morning, abraham lincoln had breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, has all this -- his eldest son, joined him for breakfast. and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration. and the lincoln's themselves, you know, or celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war and all of the burdens that it had on the president. he decide that day to celebrate a difficult of ways. one thing he decides this to go on a carriage ride with his wife. and it is an incredible ride that the two of them take. mary asked whether they should invite anyone to join them. abraham lincoln said, no, he would like to go just the two of them to and they take us right around the city and a talk about the city -- about their future. lincoln turns to her and says, now is the time where we should really put aside our sorrow and think about the future. and he says that he would like to go to, you know, see the holy land. and see the gold mines in the west. and america about how to like to go visi

rate the 1150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's second inauguration as president of the it's 37 abraham lincoln's first inauguration was held beneath the gathering clouds of war as the 10th stand off as ft. sumter in charleston harbor continued, both the north and south anxiously looked to the inauguration and the inauguration for signs of what was to come. and lincoln's inaugustal address was filled with ominous warnings against secession and promises to meet the use of arms by the seceded southern states with force on the part of the united states. but four years later, on march 4th, 1865 despite four terrible years of civil war, president lincoln viewed his second inauguration as a cause for apt mimp with high hope for the future he opened in the opening of his second inaugustal address by outlining how he planned to meet his fellow countrymen in the war's aftermath, with malice toward none, with charity for all. we are very excited about the line yumm of living historians and museums who have helped us this morning to reflect upon and draw relevancy on the 150th anniversary of this

we know so much about abraham lincoln. i mean, you can imagine, how many books are written about him all the time that to be able to see the carriage he wrote in -- he rode in, the hat he used to wear and start to understand and reality when actually he was about, the country was about and what happened that night is what we do with the national museum. objects by themselves have their own stories.a nd. and so, here, we know it is abraham lincoln's carriage by his initials are on the side of the carriage. so all of a sudden becomes more and more real to us the exley was his carriage he rod -- actually was his carriage he he rode in. it's pretty extraordinary. >> they are standing here in the center for education and leadership in the special exhibits gallery for silent witnesses, artifacts of the lincoln assassination. and we have brought together this jewel box exhibit for the 150th anniversary of the lincoln assassination. and it is an exhibit we have been working on for about three years now. and just wanting to bring,

you are looking at the petersen house in washington where president abraham lincoln passed away at 7:22 april 15 of 1855. -- 1865. up next, a tour of the boardinghouse across the street from ford's theatre where abraham lincoln was shot 150 years ago. >> this is an interesting house that has a great history even before abraham lincoln was assassinated. this house was built in the early

we are a state because of abraham lincoln. he was faced with the question of west virginia state hood. he was not happy i can tell you, to have 2 state hood bill on his degsing. he had a pretty full plat e plate at the time. and lincoln, it becomes a political decision for lincoln to create the new state of west virginia. now, he had the cabinet of six people. he took the question of where've wv state to his cabinet. he asked them to vote on the i shall shoe of west virginia state hood. and they did. three fsh, tleed gernsz. so that his cab net was evenly split. so it would be abraham lincoln who would be the deciding vote to create. he signed it on december 31st. it's important to note that just a few days later, he would issue the emancipation proclamation. so for abraham lincoln, the issuing got lowing the emancipation proclamation is a 1-2 political punchts. if you were loyal to the union, than this was your government. the richmond government did not recognize this government. the important thing is that the united states

. >>> honoring abraham lincoln. hundreds of people across the district marking the change in america 150 years ago tonight. >>> first at 11:00, a towing crack down in montgomery county. >> a councilmember says it is the number one consumer complaint of the county. tow truck operators grabbing cars as fast as they can and costing you big bucks. >> dorothy spencer is live in bethesda tonight with a practice that could end what's called predatory towing. dorothy? >> reporter: it's inconvenient and it's expensive. many companies put up these signs in their parking lots warning people if you park here you're going to get towed. but one montgomery county councilmember says some of these towing companies are taking it too far. jeanette bordeaux knows what it's like to have her car towed. >> what was your thought when you walked out and your car was gone? >> i thought my friends were playing a joke on me. >> reporter: but it was no joke. it happened when she was visiting friends in an apartment complex in montgomery county.

what's so fascinating about a abraham lincoln. there were two groups of people that said lincoln was their best friend. the first were the freed people, african-americans, free and former slaves. the second despite the fact confederates were gleeful in their personal writings they were also very worried. thought lincoln was a lost cause. lincoln was the great statesman and confederates, although they were glad for the moment of reprieve and glad union supporters were suffering because it was a turn around, they were also very worried. the other thing is confederates were clear is they wanted booth alone to be blamed for the assassination. in other words union supporters were saying it was the spirit of the confederacy that did this. slavery that did this. all through confederate letters and diaries you see people saying two things. they first say booth is our hero and the second thing is he was a lone madman and doesn't represent the sentiments of con confederacy. they knew they needed to move forward. thank you for that. >> we ha

fascinating about a abraham lincoln. there were two groups of people that said lincoln was their best friend. the first were the freed people, african-americans, free and former slaves. the second despite the fact confederates were gleeful in their personal writings they were also very worried. thought lincoln was a lost cause. lincoln was the great statesman and confederates, although they were glad for the moment of reprieve and glad union supporters were suffering because it was a turn around, they were also very worried. the other thing is confederates were clear is they wanted booth alone to be blamed for the assassination. in other words union supporters were saying it was the spirit of the confederacy that did this. slavery that did this. all through confederate letters and diaries you see people saying two things. they first say booth is our hero and the second thing is he was a lone madman and doesn't represent the sentiments of con confederacy. they knew they needed to move forward. thank you for that. >> we ha

coming up, a look at abraham lincoln, how his personal writings are shading light on his character. and a lining between autism and a condition many pregnant women experience. what researchers discovered. [♪♪ ] ♪ when a man loves a woman ... >>> that classic "when a man loves a woman" was percy sledge's biggest hit. he died. he had been patling cancer. he recorded the song in 1976 weeks after recording and signing. other hits were recorded and it tears me up. >> a study is linking some autism to the heath of expected mothers, whim that develop diabetes are slightly more likely to have children with autism cording to a study. out of 322,000 children studied, women diagnosed with dibeesies by the 26th week of pregnancy were 36% more. exposure to high levels of bloodstains sugar could disrupt development >>> the president was shot at a theatre 100 years ago. a new exhibit has never before seen letters and writings from abraham lincoln, revealing new insights. >> reporter: was honest abe honest. >> yes, of course he was. >> reporter: there was hesitance hesitance. >> he's famous f

i saw him, that is abraham lincoln threw up his right arm. >> reporter: citizen and actor 26 year-old john booth hours later the president was dead. twelve days later so was booth it had been a single shot that changed america. the path sir for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, after yesterday's beautiful spring weather we're reminded that spring brings some showers. >> we have to have those april showers. >> um-hmm. >> at some point right. >> yes, because great weather is coming it is on its way. we are transitioning from weather. very slow transition. we are going to be seeing a few more cloud tonight before the sun returns. i wish i had some better pictures to show you but bill is sending this in from philadelphia, just a gray day. what else can you say. walter says in delaware yes, this is weather for the ducks. but on the bright side look at what eileen sent in, yes blooming, good day anytime you see spring flowers it has got to be a good day. it gets better. tomorrow sun returns. take a look outside where we are seeing we have i rain down the shore, ocean city, cape may county

here, 80 years before, leigh -- -- lay abraham lincoln. now, home again, to the garden of his family home in hyde park, new york, comes president roosevelt. here in the old and lovely hudson river estate, which several years ago he bequeathed to the people of the united states, the mortal remains of a man who has known no parallel in our time will rest forever. ♪ [playing taps] [gunshots] ♪ >> the nation and the world more and with mrs. roosevelt and her family. -- mourn with mrs. roosevelt and her family. ♪ harry s truman, president of the united states, distinguished senator from the state of missouri for 10 years and vice president since the last national election, mr. truman brings to his new high office and understanding of the gigantic american war effort second only to that of the late president roosevelt. climaxing a long record of senatorial leadership, as chief of the famous truman committee on war production his work was vital in the war effort. at last summer's democratic national convention, harry truman was chosen as ca

we found the first telegram that abraham lincoln ever sent in a newspaper. he sent it from the wig national convention to his hometown. we found letters from which he pleads with army officers to take a command and says he'll hold their horse for them if they're willing to take the command. we found poignant letters where fathers are writing to lincoln asking for help in recovering their son's body killed in battle. every document tells an interesting story, and together, they show us the life of a very busy individual an incredibly busy president. >> where do these letters come from? how do you find them? >> the stories of how we find them are almost as interesting sometimes as the letters themselves. they are literally around the world. we located documents in over 600 private collections and 47 states and probably about a dozen foreign countries. obviously, some of these are in museums and libraries and archives and others are in private collections. >> i have to ask but this story that you mentioned previously. you've even found the letter where a little

to abraham lincoln by brooks brothers. it was made by brooks brothers and given to him for his second inaugural. >> reporter: mary lincoln gave the coat to the family's favorite door keeper after the president died. he let friends snip small pieces from the shoulder where blood had soaked through eventually causing the sleeve to separate. there are pieces from others. laura keen starred in the play that night and rushed water to lincoln's side. his blood soaked her cuff as she cradled his head. ford's theater also wants us to see this larger-than-life lincoln the history books elevate was also just a human being. the library of congress loaned these items that were in lincoln's pockets when he was shot. an ivory pocketknife, a confederate $5 bill, a remierngdnder of his trip to the confederate capital a few days before. >> we had a pair of his glasses. the arm had broken off and he tied it with a piece of twine back together. that's how they have been saved. >> reporter: they have all been saved, including the carriage tha

. >> abraham lincoln was able to tell the truth but tell it obliquely. >> he was in a very much in a real sense much like today's politicians. this exhibit is entitled "lincoln speaks." it is agrab hamlin con in his own words. >> he treasured language. he read widely. he loved poetry, he loved shakespearean plays. >> what he said and what he wrote. sometimes raw and always to the point. like this note to union general ulysses grant. >> he sends in memo. aware that telegrams can be intercepted by the enemy. i just read your stats at 1:00 p.m. yesterday. i begin to see it. you will succeed. god bless you all. >> that thing that grant would succeed at was winning the american civil war. when lincoln wrote the telegram, hundreds of thousands of soldiers had died. the nation was coming apart at the seams. lincoln was not. >> was he a man of the people or a blue blood? >> definitely a man of the people. but upwardly mobile, and always self improving. he's intent essentially quintessentially american that way. >> he wrote with the conviction to end slavery. >> slavery, he made many comments

the big crowd has come out to remember abraham lincoln. he was shot in ford's theater across the street, then he was brought into the street and folks do until somebody at this home offered to take them inside. it was here that he ultimately died the next morning. huge crowds have come out, and many through the day have also been taking in many of the artifacts in the area relating to lincoln's assassination. 150 years ago tonight, inside ford's theater, john wilkes booth shot president lincoln from behind as he sat in his chair. as booth leapt from the box, his spur called on the portrait of george washington. he fell to the stage. injured, he hobbled in this direction to get away. across kent street, the very gun that booth used, along with the coat and hat that lincoln was wearing. >> the gun in the bloodstained items are in this display. tom: although the gun is displayed in northwest, other items are at the national museum of health and medicine in silver spring. there are pieces of lincoln skull and hair and the bloodstained items fr

abraham lincoln was dead. >> ladies and gentlemen, our president has breathed his last. jeanette: history buffs and others were immersed in living history. it was a touching and emotional experience and for many, a time of reflection. >> it was a cold night with drizzly rain and it was the same. >> emotional moment for me is when they were playing "amazing grace" after the announcement of his death. >> something huge and drastic to happen that can change the course of history. jeanette: the incomprehensible loss to america was communicated through song poems and speeches today. >> ♪ gone forever ♪ jeanette: more than just an emotional experience for susan will, it's a somber day in history that seems eerily similar to america today. >> a lot of all the same issues our lives today. and if we're not careful, the same sort of things will happen again. jeanette: reporting in northwest, jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. jummy: coming up on abc 7 news at noon the surprisingly dangerous consumer product used in many homes. the condition that can cause it to create dangerous flash

where president abram lincoln passed away -- abraham lincoln passed away. up next, the boarding house across the street from ford's theatre where abraham lincoln was shot 150 years ago. >> at about 10:00 10:15, ford's theater opened. people came out screaming. i first they thought the theater was on fire. then they heard that the president was shot. that got the attention of the members of the boarding house. torch frances lived on the first floor. he came out and walked into the street and he could only get half way across and people were screaming. he walked right up to the president's body, and was being taken across the street. and other border henry, heard the noise, too. he saw the commotion, and he heard the shouts that lincoln had been shot. he could not get to ford's theater. so many people were outside in the street. he went up the stairs. he stood of the top of the staircase. he was up there watching as the shoulders pounded on the door of the house next door. they could not get in. he saw there was lincoln in the middle of the street being carri

this week, the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's assassination. they'll track his last ride at 15th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest. tuesday and wednesday ford's theat already hold special ceremonies to mark his final hours. >>> you know the cost of services to deliver gourmet food to your door. is it worth it? consumer reporter ericaka gonzalez examines cost and time to see if you're better going to the grocery store. >>> justin bieber facing more trouble.

next robert kenzer nominates abraham lincoln, citing lincoln's influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu.s. this is about 45 minutes. >>> you'd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. i had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. our next speaker is robert c. kenzer. bob is the william benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. for most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. he teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several on aspects of the civil war in film. his research interest for many years has been civil war widows. he is currently researching a biography of a british-born civil war w

before. >> excellent accident. >> and why are you dressed as abraham lincoln? >> well, i have been portraying mr. lincoln for 25 years now, and i have always believed that for the 21st century america, they need to hear about from abraham lincoln about what kind of nation we are, and what kind of nation we should be and what we should be as citizens, and i love the last paragraph of the second inaugural edaddress and is the advice to america in 1865 that is just as good for america nearly 150 years later. >> lay it on me. >> with mall las toward none, for charity toward all, and with firmness to the right of all and let us strive to have charity toward all, and for those who have borne to achieve a just and lasting nation. >> tell us about the actors. >> there are about 50 of us lincolns in the country. >> do you get together in the same place? >> there is an actual convention of us lincoln presenters. >> all of you are dressed up? >> yes, and there are marys and everything else. >> where do you fall into the hierarchy, do you think? >> i think that i bear one

a discussion of abraham lincoln. in is a distinctly american cathedral that tells our nation's story in its stained glass and its statuary. if you look around, you see symbols and signs of the history of our nation beautifully represented in this place. of particular interest for tonight tonight, our two beautiful statues of president lincoln, a statue in the back on the right and one of lincoln -- one of lincoln at prayer in the stairwell here just down this side of the cathedral. there's a carving that graces the side aisle. and it was, of course, as you know, from this pulpit that he gave his last sunday sermon in march of 1968 just days before he was taken from us. tonight, on the 150 thd anniversary, we will talk about how these two men shaped our nation and how these two issues they addressed in their last great speeches are still with us today. the cathedral is delighted to be sponsoring this program with ford's theater. and i, personally, am delighted to welcome paul tatro, director of ford's theater. >> than

among them are some of the most important images of abraham lincoln. they recenty solid sold the photos to a library. >> the binake library at yale university along with private funds just purchased one of the largest collections of photographs of abraham lincoln in the civil war period. it's a famous private collection which was never valued before because it had been building in one family's hands for the last 120 years. this collection seems to hold something on the order of 57,000 pieces of which many thousands are glass negative originals from the mid 19th century. and the detail that it shows if well tone is sensational. you can see every hair on lincoln's face. you can see his pores his wrinkles and facial characteristics that changed during his presidency. there is one glass picture that every would recognize because it's the basis for the lincoln penny. this is the exact pro fail face fog your right taken in 1864, not by matthew brady himself but one of his extremely skilled operatives. brady had a guy named alexander gardner, an immigrant fro

ford's theater and the abraham lincoln institute co-hosted this event. it's an hour. >> on the night of april 11th 1985, large crowd gathered outside the north portico of the white house. they come to hear the president speak and now with the war all but one his were the words northerners most wanted to hear and southerners most needed to hear. he spoke of black voting rights. he spoke of reconciliation tolerance and moderation toward fallen folks. it was not the best speech me made far from it. fell dead holding without affect on the audience. but given the time to make deeds of his words it might have been one of more far reaching. tragically he was not to be granted that time. as has been noted there was one in the audience that night who would use lincoln's words as the catalyst for one of most heinous and destructive acts in our nation's history. from childhood we are taught to know john wilkes booth is to hate him. he's demonized as the embodiment of evil and yet few of us really know very much about him other than the fact that he was a handsome a

clip lincoln's -- abraham lincoln's assassination. he was shot five days after the civil war ended. ford's theatre will have living historians recreate the street scenes tonight as well as holding a candlelight vigil. the museum is also displaying the greatest artifacts of the era, including the gun used by john wilkes booth to as assassinate the president. >> it's amazing this is the actual pistol used to assassinate the president. >> it's so small. it's only 44 caliber and yet this one small weapon caused so much damage, so much grief. >> president lincoln would die the day after he was shot in the peterson house which is across the street from ford's theater. bells will toll tomorrow to mark the exact moment of lincoln's death. >>> hillary rodham clinton kicked off her first campaign event this afternoon in iowa. the presidential front runner will attend a round table discussion with students and educators at a community college. on the republican side senator marco rubio, this is his first full day on the presidential campaign tra

it was exactly 150 years ago last night that president abraham lincoln was shot at ford's theatre. he was shot at 10:00 p.m. national park service rangers handed out candles at the lincoln memorial for a vigil with visitors. such a beautiful spot to hold that tribute. on this morning, in 1865 doctors were still fighting to save lincoln's life and a manhunt was under way for his assassin who was hiding out in maryland. >> right now, ford's theatre is marking the anniversary with an around the clock tribute. news4's megan mcgrath is live this morning where re-enactors are preparing for a big announcement, right? >> reporter: right. that announcement comes at 7:22 when president lincoln was pronounced dead. you can see behind me we have musicians in period costume performing. one of many events taking place this morning and really we have seen events happening throughout the night. they're really trying to re-enact things. to really show what happened in the wake of the shooting at ford's theatre. now, a little while ago, we got a re-enactment an update from one of the doctors or an a