DC -- Ford's Theatre NHS (Theatre, Lobby):
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- Description of Pictures: Signs up for the theatre which announced that same day that they would reopening October 14. They reclosed again shortly afterward.
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- FORDS_200603_01.JPG: Boarded up because of BLM protests.
- FORDS_200603_06.JPG: As a public health precaution, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site is temporarily closed as of March 14 for the safety of staff and visitors.
Please visit www.fords.org for updates. Ticket holders should visit the website for information on ticket options.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
- FORDS_200603_07.JPG: SITE CLOSED
As a public health precaution, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site is temporarily closed for the safety of staff and visitors.
- FORDS_200607_02.JPG: Boarded up because of BLM protests.
- FORDS_200607_05.JPG: In Support of #BlackLivesMatter
Neighborhood Support Spaces with Water, Snacks and Restrooms
These places were available for protesters during the peak public protest weekend -- June 6 and 7.
- FORDS_200708_01.JPG: The plywood window-protecting boards have come down.
- FORDS_200720_07.JPG: At Ford's Theatre
Guys and Dolls
March 13 - May 20
fords.org
This reminded me of one of the time machine sci-fi movies where the guy (usually) is transported ahead in time. The nuclear radiation or the plague or the neutron bomb or whatever killed everyone instantly but left the buildings intact. The time traveler finds themselves in the city that was gussied up for what was to come but, in reality, would never be seen. ("Twilight Zone" theme song plays in the background.) In the movie (or the comic book), it's one of those terribly sad moments which keeps reminding the traveler that everything is over now. Oh, the humanity!
- FORDS_201009_01.JPG: Black Voices Matter
- FORDS_201009_07.JPG: Black
[Hopes]
[Dreams]
Voices
[Lives]
Matter
- FORDS_201021_08.JPG: Ford's Theatre Visit Instructions
* Advance Tickets: To reduce lines and crowding, purchases tickets online at www.fords.org/visit/historic-site
* When purchasing a ticket, you will need to provide contact information for one adult in your travel party. This information, along with the time of your visit, will be collected and kept on record by the Ford's Theatre Society and may be provided to the DC Contact Tracing Force upon request to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
* All visits are self-guided.
* Please refrain from sitting in the historic theatre seats. Select seats are set aside for those needing to rest in the theatre.
* Please adhere to visit time limits as instructed by the staff. This is to allow for proper disinfecting in the space before the next group enters the site.
- AAA "Gem": AAA considers this location to be a "must see" point of interest. To see pictures of other areas that AAA considers to be Gems, click here.
- Bigger photos? To save server space, the full-sized versions of these images have either not been loaded to the server or have been removed from the server. (Only some pages are loaded with full-sized images and those usually get removed after three months.)
I still have them though. If you want me to email them to you, please send an email to guthrie.bruce@gmail.com
and I can email them to you, or, depending on the number of images, just repost the page again will the full-sized images.
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