Photo of the Day

No. 428

Grover’s Theatre, now known as the National Theatre, on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C.

On April 14, 1865, as his parents attended a performance of “Our American Cousin” in Ford’s Theatre, twelve-year-old Tad Lincoln was a few blocks away at Grover’s Theater watching a performance of “Aladdin! or His Wonderful Lamp.”

Shortly after 10:00 PM, the Ala…