File:Reading of the sentence before hanging of conspirators, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, 1865. (d6487c7806774b5bbe9dd6808a52c416).jpg

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English: Reading of the sentence before hanging of conspirators, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, 1865.
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English: Reading of the sentence before hanging of conspirators, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, 1865.
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English: The hanging of convicted conspirators David Herold, George Azterodt, Lewis Powell and Mary Surratt took place July 7, 1865 at 1:26pm. This photo depicts the reading of the death sentence moments before hanging. So many people wanted to witness the event that a limited number of tickets had to be issued; roughly 1,000 people viewed the hanging from the windows, walls, courtyard and buildings. About twenty-five minutes after the hanging, the bodies were cut down and examined by a doctor. They were then buried in shallow graves next to the gallows and pieces of the gallows were actually distributed as souvenirs.
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English: Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Date Taken on 7 July 1865
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d6487c7806774b5bbe9dd6808a52c416
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English: NPGallery
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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English: Organization: Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Address: 900 Ohio Drive SW, Washington, DC 20024
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FOTH

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