The Lincoln Assassination Walking Tour

Washington DC 2 hours

Your walking tour starts outside St. John's Church in Washington DC, where you'll meet your guide and set off on your tour, learning about Abraham Lincoln's last day in the White House. Continue to Lafayette Square Park to see Civil War–era homes and buildings, which set the scene for the rest of your exploration. Stop outside the home of Lincoln's theater guests from the night he was assassinated, and walk along Pennsylvania Avenue for a look at other places associated with that night. Your tour ends when you reach Ford's Theatre; go behind the venue to see where John Wilkes Booth made his escape after shooting the president. During your walk, enjoy photographs and stories from your guide about Washington during the years of the Civil War. Walking distance is roughly 1 mile (1.6 km).

Washington DC walking tour covering the night President Lincoln was shot

See the homes of Lincoln's friends and learn about how he spent his last day alive

Stop at Ford's Theatre, the site of his assassination

Look at historical photographs that set the scene of DC in the mid-1800s

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