The historic <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Ford's_Theatre" title="Ford's Theatre" id="mwB5w">Ford's Theatre</a>, the site of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" id="mwB50">assassination of President Abraham Lincoln</a> on April 14, 1865, continues to function as a theatre and as a museum.