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Ford's Theatre company history timeline

1968

Interior of Ford's Theatre National Historic Site after renovation (1968)Original Source: Theatre National Historic Site

In 1968, Ford’s Theatre officially reopened as a national historic site and theatre producing live performances.

1970

1970: Ford's Theatre Society hosted its first annual Ford's Theatre Gala, attended by First Lady Patricia Nixon, former first lady Mamie Eisenhower, and Ethel Kennedy, seated in the second row.

1988

Though the museum previously deemphasized the assassination, renovations began in 1988 to address the event more thoroughly.

1990

Van Doren, 418, 235–44; Kauffman, American Brutus, 251; Waldo W. Braden, ed., Building the Myth: Selected Speeches Memorializing Abraham Lincoln (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1990), 185.

2005

He proceeded down the alley to Tenth Street, had a drink at the Star Saloon, and left.9Kauffman, American Brutus, 1–13; James L. Swanson, Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), chap.

2009

Susan C. Lawrence, Kenneth M. Price, and Kenneth J. Winkle, updated July 2009, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln, www. civilwardc.org.

2010

Then in 2010, Ford’s Theatre Society purchased a 10-story building next to the Petersen House to construct offices, learning studios, and additional museum space.

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