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8 Abe Lincoln Assassination Chair at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan

At the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, are hundreds of exhibits chronicling early American life with historic artifacts. One of the most interesting is this rocking chair protected by a glass case. President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in it at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865. The chair was purchased by Henry Ford in 1929 for $2,400. The museum also contains the limo where John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

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Abe Lincoln Assassination Chair at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan

Henry Ford Museum, W Village Rd, Dearborn, MI 48124

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