article_snippet: Starting five blocks away from the theater at the National Museum of American History, visitors can see the black carriage that brought the president and Mary Todd Lincoln to Ford's Theatre along with a young couple as the president and Mary Todd Lincoln guests, Major Henry Rathbone and Henry Rathbone fiancée Clara Harris.
article_snippet: In those days, presidents provided presidents own transportation, and this was one of the Lincolns' three carriages.
article_snippet: Starting five blocks away from the theater at the National Museum of American Historythe National Museum of American HistoryAmerican History, visitors can see the black carriage that brought the president and Mary Todd Lincoln to Ford's Theatre .
article_snippet: the Lincolns' arrived late to Ford's Theatre, and the performance had already begun.
article_snippet: Theater goers later said that Lincoln looked happier than Lincoln had looked in years.
article_snippet: Lincoln and Lincoln guests took Lincoln and his guests box seats, and the show resumed.
article_snippet: A young doctor rushed to Lincoln's aid, and Keene, the lead actress, brought water.
article_snippet: Keene kept blood-stained fragments from Keene dress from when Keene cradled Lincoln's head in Keene lap.
article_snippet: An American flag decorating the presidential box also was folded and used as a pillow for Lincoln's head.
article_snippet: President Abraham Lincoln was taken across the street to Petersen House as doctors tried to save President Abraham Lincoln life.