(161st Anniversary Tour) Booth, Baltimore & Lincoln’s Assassination: A Walking Tour of Green Mount C

Name: (161st Anniversary Tour) Booth, Baltimore & Lincoln’s Assassination: A Walking Tour of Green Mount C
Start: 2026-04-14T09:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-14T11:30:00-04:00
Location: Baltimore's Green Mount Cemetery

Schedule

Tue Apr 14 2026 at 09:30 am to 11:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Baltimore's Green Mount Cemetery | Baltimore, MD

Register here: https://baltimoreheritage.org/event/booth-baltimore-lincolns-assassination-a-walking-tour-of-green-mount-cemetery-15/
Join us at Green Mount Cemetery to discover the tangled history of John Wilkes Booth, Baltimore, and the plots to kidnap and assassinate Abraham Lincoln. This special tour is on April 14, the 161st anniversary of the assassination. We’ll trace Booth’s childhood on Exeter Street and how he followed his Shakespearean-trained father’s footsteps into the theater world. We’ll get to know Booth–the womanizer, the white supremacist, and the presidential assassin. We’ll also revisit major events of the Civil War, including the Pratt Street Riots and the surrender at Appomattox, and how they influenced the conspirators’ actions leading up to the day Booth murdered Lincoln.
As we walk, you’ll hear about the events of the fateful day and the fates of the Booth’s co-conspirators. And of course, we’ll see the unmarked burial site of Booth and the graves of two of his co-conspirators. We hope you’ll walk to the grounds of Green Mount Cemetery with us to discover this poignant history in a whole new light.
Accessibility: Although there are some paved pathways, we will be walking over mostly uneven grassy terrain and cobblestones.