The last of D.C.

One of the last things that Prim toured in Washington, D.C., was the famous Ford's Theatre, site of Lincoln's assassination. 

 

A few historical notes (because it's about time Prim told you something educational):

 

1. After Lincoln's assassination, Ford's Theatre reopened-to the shock and horror of a public that thought performing plays in such a sacred space was disrespectful.  Shortly thereafter, Ford's Theatre closed its doors for good.

 

2. Ford's Theatre was bought by the U.S. government.  Then the theatre was gutted and turned into government office spaces (because that was more respectful to the Lincoln legacy, obviously).

 

3. The theatre was eventually restored and made to look like it did in its pre-Lincoln assassination glory days using all the historical records that could be found.  It's now part of the National Park Service, and plays are still performed there.   

 

4. The only authentic decorations in the theatre itself are a picture of George Washington that was hanging outside the Presiden't box on the night of Lincoln's assassination and a stool inside the theatre box.

 

Prim ain't in these pictures.  Again, they're solely for educational purposes:

 

 



Anyway, back to Prim.  First, she looked through the museum in the basement of the theatre.  It had all sorts of cool things, like the gun that Booth used to shoot Lincoln, Lincoln's blood stained coat, and a display about the events that led up to that fateful night.  Here, Prim is listening in on what these important (and handsome, I might add) men had to say about the final days of the Civil War:

Then it was on to the theatre, where Prim listened and learned all those historical facts that she recounted above:

What an interesting tour, Prim! 

After Ford's Theatre, she went to the National Portrait Gallery, where she was yelled at by security guards and asked to leave because she was hanging on the corner of a frame of a photograph on the wall. 

Those security guards obviously didn't appreciate the fact that an Elf on the Shelf's mission is mischief.