Join City Segway Tours on the very first Lincoln Assassination Segway Tour of Washington, DC! The Lincoln Assassination Segway Tour will take you through the pages of history and into modern DC to track the events of that fateful night in April, 1865. It was a night that changed the history of our country as the nation's 16th President became the first to ever be assassinated.
On April 14th, 1865, Lincoln was at the height of his popularity. A four year war that cost the country thousands of lives and threatened to dissolve the United States had ended just days before. A victorious Lincoln attended a local theater performance to celebrate; however, renowned actor and Confederate supporter, John Wilkes Booth had other plans for the President. Our Lincoln Assassination tour will walk you through his three pronged attack designed to reignite the Civil War and send the country into turmoil. Your guide will recount Booth's plans as they evolved from kidnapping the President to cold blooded murder. The group will pass the scene of an attack on the Secretary of State, occurring the same night, and will pass all the houses, hotels, theaters, and restaurants most important to Booth’s murderous plot. Lastly, you will see firsthand the scene of the crime, Ford’s Theater, and follow Booth’s escape from the city. The Lincoln Assassination Segway Tour will bring America’s most famous crime to life in the heart of Washington, DC.
Tour Highlights
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The Winder Building
See one of Lincoln’s favorite escapes from the day-to-day business in the White House. Learn why he preferred to receive telegraphs from the front lines of the war over staying in the White House. And uncover one of the many plots to assassinate the President even before April, 1865.
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Lafayette Park and the White House
Standing here just three days after the end of the Civil War, actor John Wilkes Booth turns to his co-conspirators and exclaims, “That will be the last speech he ever gives!” Learn about the five days between the end of the war and Lincoln’s death.
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The Surratt House
A "hot-bed" for the confederate spies and supporters during the Civil War, we pass the actual house where Booth and his co-conspirators first met. Learn about his female accomplice, Mary Surratt, and how she helped Booth planning and his eventual escape from DC.
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Ford’s Theater
The scene of the crime: Ford’s Theater. Learn about Booth’s assassination, his last performance on stage, and the dramatic events of April 14th, 1865. We will answer questions such as, where was Lincoln's body guard that night, and we will see both the scene theater where Lincoln was shot as well as the site of his death.
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The Escape & Manhunt
Learn about one of the largest manhunts in American History and how John Wilkes Booth evaded capture for twelve days with a broken leg! The tour will track Booth’s path out of the city as well as the fate of his co-conspirators.
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