1. If there was 200 people coming into the Arlington Cemetery the first hour and the number of people increased by 100 every hour for 8 hours, how many people came that dad?
2. The 8th grade class is taking a tour of Washington D.C. The class was split into groups. There are 5 more people going to the Arlington Cemetery than to the Washington Monument. There are 7 fewer people going to the Washington Monument than to the Lincoln Memorial. There are 10 people going to Lincoln Memorial. What's the total amount of people in the class?

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1. Ford's Theatre stands three stories high. T/F
2. John T. Ford purchased a Baptist Church to open a theatre in the capital city in 1865. T/F
3. Ford Theatre can hold about 1400 people. T/F
4. On the night of April 14, 1865 Lincoln attended the play our American Cousin. T/F
5. To this day plays & musicals are not presented in Ford's Theatre. T/F

Answers to Fact or Fiction

     Fords Theatre is a national historic site. It was originally a Baptist church on Tenth Street in Washington D.C. In 1859 the forth Baptist Church was formed on thirteenth street, and it joined with the First Baptist church on Tenth Street, while it was being abandoned.
     In 1861 John T. Ford came to Washington looking for a structure for a theatre. Ford leased the building on December 10, 1861 for five years with option to buy at the end of that period.
     From its grand opening on March 19, 1862 was very successful. More and more people started coming when Lincoln attended the theatre on May 28, 1862. Later on April 14, 1865 while watching the play Our American Cousin he was assassinated by John Wilkes Boothe. He was from there taken to the Petersons home where he died. After Lincolns death the theatre was shut down.
     Fords theatre was restored again in 1968. The theatre is still a performing theatre and a museum. In the museum are photographs, clothing, the assassins gun, and editorial cartoons.

Answers to Word Problems

1. 4,400
2. 28
3. Lincoln Memorial=10, Washington Memorial=3,
   Arlington Cemetery=15
   

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. Secret Service was not assigned to protect the president until 1907. There was a lone Washington DC police officer assigned to escort the President from the White House to Ford's and back. Lincoln did not seek any form of personal protection but Secretary of War Stanton had two military units escort President Lincoln's carriage on its travels in the city. 
2. Booth was a personal friend of theatre owner John T. Ford, and because of this relationship it was not unusual for Booth to be seen around the theatre.
3. Ford's Theatre reopened in 1968 as a living memorial to Lincoln. The site is a national historic site as well as a working theater. There are three to five productions a year at the theater. 
4. On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of "Our American Cousin." 
5. No, these chairs have been designed to look similar to the type of chairs that were in the building the night the President was killed. They are slightly larger and have padded cushions.
6. The box office is located next to theatre or you can call the Ford's Theatre Society box office at (202)347-4833.
7. The bullet entered behind his left ear, traveled through the brain and lodged behind his right eye.
8. He was 56 years old.
9. No, the original bed is on display at the Chicago Historical Society in Chicago, IL. This bed, however, is similar in size and design. Lincoln was six feet four inches tall and was placed on the bed diagonally.

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Answers to Fact and Fiction

1. True
2. False-John Thompson Ford purchased a Baptist Church in 1862
3. True
4. True
5. False-Musical are performed today in Ford's Theatre 

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Cherry, Frances. "National Park Service." National Park Service. 2001, October 8. 27 March, 2002.  <http://www.nps.gov/foth/HistoricStructure.htm>.

Simpson, Jeanne. "Washington D.C. Unit." Ford's Theatre (1992):
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