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Booth's Escape Historical Markers

Markers related to John Wilkes Booth, the Booth family, the Conspirators, and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
 
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 20, 2018
Discover DC / Gallery Place - Chinatown Marker
1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Chinatown — Discover DC / Gallery Place - Chinatown —
2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Chinatown — e.5 — Mary Surratt's Boarding House — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Judiciary Square — Discover DC / Judiciary Square —
4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — Abraham Lincoln —
5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — Discover DC / Gallery Place —
6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — Discover DC / Gallery Place/Arena —
7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — Discover DC / Metro Center —
8 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — .6 — John Wilkes Booth’s Escape — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
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9 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Petworth — 19 — Mr. Lincoln’s Ride — Lift Every Voice Georgia Avenue — Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail —
10 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Anacostia — 14 — Booth's Escape — An East-of-the-River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —
11 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Anacostia Park — Assassin's Trail — Anacostia Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
12 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Serving as a Temporary Federal Prison — Safety — Behind These Walls —
13 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Fort McNair — Lincoln Assassination Trial — Site of Lincoln Conspirators Gallows —
14 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Skidmore — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay — Reported permanently removed
15 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Greenmount Cemetery — Green Mount Cemetery —
16 ► Maryland, Caroline County, Denton — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay — Reported permanently removed
17 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — John Wilkes Booth —
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18 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — John Wilkes Booth and David Herold —
19 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Pine Thicket — "… the instrument of his punishment" — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin —
20 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill — The Fugitives Seek Shelter — John Wilkes Booth - Escape of an Assassin —
21 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill — Reported missing
22 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill Historic Site — Historic Preservation/Public Archaeology — Reported permanently removed
23 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bel Alton — Rich Hill Through the Years —
24 ► Maryland, Charles County, Bryantown — St. Mary’s Church and Cemetery — Mudd Meets Booth — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of An Assassin —
25 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — "Huckleberry" —
26 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Crossing the Potomac — Off into the Darkness — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin —
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27 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Dents Meadow — One mile → —
28 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay — Reported permanently removed
29 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — John Wilkes Booth — Chasing Lincoln's Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay —
30 ► Maryland, Charles County, Port Tobacco — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay —
31 ► Maryland, Charles County, Port Tobacco — Port Tobacco —
32 ► Maryland, Charles County, Port Tobacco — Port Tobacco: Conspiracy & the Plot to Assassinate President Lincoln —
33 ► Maryland, Charles County, St. Charles — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd — Treating an Assassin — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of An Assassin — Reported permanently removed
34 ► Maryland, Charles County, St. Charles — Home of Dr. Samuel Mudd — (1833–1883) —
35 ► Maryland, Charles County, St. Charles — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay —
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36 ► Maryland, Charles County, Waldorf — Dr. Mudd's House — → —
37 ► Maryland, Charles County, Waldorf — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House —
38 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Brandywine — John Wilkes Booth and his companion David Herold —
39 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Clinton — John Wilkes Booth —
40 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Clinton — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake —
41 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Clinton — Surratt Tavern — Confederate Safe House — John Wilkes Booth - Escape of an Assassin — Reported permanently removed
42 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Clinton — Surratt Tavern — Confederate Safe House — John Wilkes Booth - Escape of an Assassin —
43 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Clinton — The Mary Surratt House —
44 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Fort Washington, National Harbor — Clinton —
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45 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Fort Washington, National Harbor — Discover Gorgeous Southern Prince George's —
46 ► Maryland, St. Mary's County, Scotland — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay — Reported permanently removed
47 ► Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Visiting Old Town — Reported permanently removed
48 ► Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Visiting Old Town — Reported permanently removed
49 ► Virginia, Alexandria, Southwest Quadrant — "Pursuers of Booth the Assassin" — [Alexandria National Cemetery] —
50 ► Virginia, Caroline County, Bowling Green — Star Hotel — Conspirator's Lair —
51 ► Virginia, Caroline County, Port Royal — EP-20 — Assassin's End —
52 ► Virginia, Caroline County, Port Royal — EP-20 — John Wilkes Booth — Reported missing
53 ► Virginia, Caroline County, Port Royal — Port Royal — Booth Turned Away — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin —
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54 ► Virginia, Caroline County, Port Royal — N-16 — Where Booth Died —
55 ► Virginia, King George County, King George — EP-9 — Cleydael — Reported permanently removed
56 ► Virginia, King George County, King George — EP-9 — Cleydael —
57 ► Virginia, King George County, Office Hall — J-66 — Historic Port Conway —
58 ► Virginia, Page County, Luray — Thornton Gap — Tactical Mountain Pass —
 
 
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