article_snippet: We'll never know what would have happened if he hadn't been assassinated, but We know the impact he has left even with he live being cut short.'
article_snippet: Curators present the history in four acts to show how Lincoln's final night transpired.
article_snippet: Act 2: The President's Arrival .
article_snippet: Act 3: Lincoln is Shot .
article_snippet: Not long after the start of Act 3, a well-known actor named John Wilkes Booth slipped into the presidential box.
article_snippet: a well-known actor named John Wilkes Booth carried a small Deringer pistol and fired at Lincoln's head from just inches away.
article_snippet: When a well-known actor named John Wilkes Booth tried to stop a well-known actor named John Wilkes Booth, John Wilkes Booth's slashed at the young Union officer with a large knife and jumped down to the stage before escaping.