Barbara Klein has more. The museum at Ford's Theatre was created to show Abraham Lincoln's life, and death,in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed at Ford's Theatre while watching a play with his wife in eighteen sixty-five.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Ford himself put an end to his chances by telling the nation that it was "perfectly safe with Coolidge."

VOA: special.2011.01.27

By then,Lincoln was dead. On April fourteenth,eighty sixty-five, Southern sympathizer and actor John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in Ford's Theatre.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

The big three automakers - General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - told Congress that they needed loans or they faced bankruptcy.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

The Ford Foundation in the United States is a charitable organization that calls itself "a partner for social change."

VOA: special.2009.09.24

During the nineteen fifties, Les Paul and Mary Ford recorded many hit songs including "Mockingbird Hill" and "How High the Moon."

VOA: special.2009.09.27

By the nineteen sixties, Les Paul and Mary Ford's series of hits came to an end and they later ended their marriage.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

The Ford Motor Company refused government aid and is working to become profitable again by two thousand eleven.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

He also wanted to create what he called a hit factory, an idea he got from working for the Ford Motor Company.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

The next day, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and supporter of the defeated Confederacy, shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

Booth broke his leg when he jumped from the presidential box to the stage at Ford's Theater.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

"The Heavens Are Hung In Black" by James Still is the first play being presented in the newly redecorated Ford's Theatre in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

The Ford Foundation says the goals include strengthening democratic values, reducing poverty and increasing international cooperation.

VOA: special.2009.09.24