PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: This tour now departs from the Holiday Inn Capitol at 550 C Street, S.W.

This tour is also available on Sat., April 3

Fleeing Ford’s Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth traveled through Maryland into Virginia, where, a few days later, he was found, shot, and died of his wounds. Civil War authority Ed Bearss retraces Booth’s escape route and reveals the personalities and intrigues surrounding the assassination.

Stops include Ford’s Theatre; the house near Clinton, Maryland, whose owner was hanged for her involvement in the plot; and the house of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, who set Booth’s broken leg.

Enjoy a seafood lunch at Captain Billy’s Crab House at Pope’s Creek Landing, near where Booth and conspirator David Edgar Herold crossed the Potomac. In Virginia, visit sites where they contacted local sympathizers and where Booth was captured and died.

8 a.m. to 8 p.m. by bus from the southeast corner of the Holiday Inn Capitol at 550 C Street, S.W. (click here for details & map)

Lunch is late; participants may wish to bring a snack and beverage.