The cult hit Kimberly Belflower play will now continue its Broadway debut at the Booth Theatre through September.

On Good Friday, 1865, a man entered his room in Washington’s National Hotel. He’d be leaving on a one-way trip in a few hours.

A Tamaqua barber possibly knew of the plot to kill President Abraham Lincoln, and did everything in his power to prevent it.

The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment engaged in the first action of the Battle of Gettysburg, defending Union positions and ...

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Sitter John Wilkes Booth, 26 Aug 1838 - 26 Apr 1865 Exhibition Label Born near Bel Air, Maryland Cartes de visite, such as this one of actor—and later assassin—John Wilkes Booth, were popular, ...

Walter Gorthy was part of the four-man posse that was sent to track down John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865. Gorthy died in 1930 and was buried in ...