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My first visit to DC and Ford's Theatre was in March of 2006. I had read about Ford's Theatre in grade school and had longed to visit for over four decades. When I found out that Scott Bakula was appearing in DC at the Ford's Theatre I knew it was now or never. My visit was a dream come true on two counts. One I had finally realized my childhood dream of seeing Ford's and experiencing firsthand the historic value of this remarkable venue; and my adult dream of meeting Scott Bakula. When I first entered Ford's I was awestruck. I soaked everything in that I could from the decor on the walls to the actual gun used to assassinate President Lincoln. I felt as though I had leaped back into history as I walked through the museum and theatre. I was like a kid in a candy store. I went back again and again to listen to the tour guide as he revealed various facts about the history of Ford's. As far as Scott Bakula, I've followed his career for nearly two decades. I wanted to meet him for years and when I read that my favorite actor was going to appear at my favorite theatre I couldn't pass up the opportunity.

Scott's performance in "Shenandoah" was brilliant and meeting him in person was a wonderful experience. There was something very special about being in the same theatre Lincoln himself frequented. I look forward to visiting Ford's again.

Sarah Long
Bloomington, IN

I came to visit Ford’s Theatre with my family and we saw a play called One Destiny. It was great. I did not know that Mr. Booth was an actor when he killed President Lincoln. I want to see another play back home sometime or if we ever come back to visit here.

Alex Sampson
Richmond, VA

My memory of Ford’s Theatre is actually from a couple of years ago. My class came to Washington, DC and saw a show at Ford’s Theatre. It was called “Shenandoah” and it was about the Civil War. I didn’t know who he was at the time, but Scott Bakula was in it. There was a workshop before the show and we did skits and activities with our teachers and people from Ford’s Theatre. I even got to go up on the stage. The only bad thing was the seats. We had been sitting on the bus for hours already, and then they had these old, uncomfortable seats.

Chris Heald
Newark, NJ

We really enjoyed the new museum when we came to visit this past August. The video screens and artifact displays tell an amazing story and it was much more detailed than I expected. It made our time in the Theatre that much better because we could feel the history and significance thanks to everything we saw and learned in the museum first.

My son is going to be studying the Civil War this year, and so when we decided to come visit Washington, I made it a point for us to stop here so he could see it for himself. The whole experience was much better than I expected – and it was free. In all honesty, I didn’t realize it was a working theatre and still did shows all the time. I think that’s just great.

Pat Denton
Gainesville, FL