On April 14 , Lincoln is meeting members of his cabinet to discuss future measures to enfranchise blacks , when he is reminded that First Lady is waiting to take them to their evening at Ford 's Theatre . That night , while Lincoln 's son Tad is watching '' Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp '' at Grover 's Theatre , the manager suddenly stops the play to announce that the President has been shot . The next morning Lincoln dies ; Secretary of War Edwin Stanton declares , " Now he belongs to the ages " . The film closes with a flashback to Lincoln delivering his second inaugural address
their evening at Ford 's Theatre
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln (film)