# @mdhistory on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CrB74hVuooS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19780244-mdhistory-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-14T20:37:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) (@mdhistory) — https://gondola.cc/mdhistory

## Caption

#Onthisday 158 years ago, John Wilkes Booth entered Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC and assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. His actions launched a statewide search lasting over a week.

Did you know that Booth’s family was one of the most famous theatre families on the east coast? He often performed and was a well-known actor before the assassination, which solidified his name in American History.

Explore Booth’s escape route, mapped by the Surratt House Museum at the link in our bio.

#AbrahamLincoln #JohnWilkesBooth #baltimore #maryland #history #culture 

Photo: Portrait Vertical File (PVF) of John Wilkes Booth, the Maryland actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 (1838-1865). Carte de visite, c. 1865.

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history, maryland, johnwilkesbooth, culture, abrahamlincoln, onthisday, baltimore

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