article_snippet: The tiny Deringer pistol that delivered the fatal wound, a blood-stained flag and garments used to cradle President Abraham Lincoln's head and his coat and top hat offer an intimate look at a moment that changed history, said Ford's Theatre curator Tracey Avant.
article_snippet: John Wilkes Booth's derringer pistol used to kill Lincoln is also on display .
article_snippet: An Associated Press correspondent at the time, Lawrence Gobright, recovered a small Deringer pistol in the presidential box and turned the presidential box over to police.
article_snippet: For the first time since that night, President Abraham Lincoln's blood-stained Brooks Brothers Great Coat is being reunited with Mary Todd Lincoln's black velvet cloak that Lincoln's blood-stained Brooks Brothers Great Coat wore by Lincoln's blood-stained Brooks Brothers Great Coat side.
article_snippet: Also on display are Mary Todd Lincoln's's top hat and the contents of Lincoln's blood-stained Brooks Brothers Great Coat pockets: two pairs of glasses, cufflinks, pocket knife, leather wallet and a $5 Confederate note, perhaps from Lincoln's blood-stained Brooks Brothers Great Coat recent trip to Richmond, Virginia.
article_snippet: Mary Todd Lincoln's black velvet cloak is on display to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the President Abraham Lincoln assassination on April 14 .
highlights_snippet: Items on display include the tiny Deringer pistol that delivered the fatal wound, a blood-stained flag and garments used to cradle Lincoln's head .
  