Visiting John Wilkes Booth grave on the anniversary of his birth

May 9, 2013

Visiting John Wilkes Booth grave on the anniversary of his birth

Denise Sanders 1 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth is buried in the Booth plot but apart from the family. ”

: Dozens of pennies rest on top of the unmarked headstone of John Wilkes Booth in the eastern corner of the Booth family plot at Greenmount Cemetery. Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in April, 1865. (Karl Merton Ferron/staff)

: Dozens of Lincoln pennies lie all about and on top of the unmarked marble marker of John Wilkes Booth. People leave the pennies that bear Abraham Lincoln’s bust as well as the Lincoln Memorial, to commemorate the day that government troops finally captured and killed Booth to avenge the assassination of President Lincoln. (Karl Merton Ferron/staff)

: Greenmount Cemetery, where John Wilkes Booth was buried. (Karl Merton Ferron/staff)

: The pass at the Dogwood area where the booth family plot can be found. (Karl Merton Ferron/staff)

: The grave marker of Junius Booth, buried with Mary Ann his wife, rests in the Dogwood area of Greenwood Cemetery. (Karl Merton Ferron/staff)

: John Wilkes Booth lay buried at the left of the booth family plot with other family members buried at right of the large marker. (Karl Merton Ferron/staff)

: Grave markers for Junius Booth and his wife Mary Ann rest in front of graves for Rosalie, Cora, Richard, Joseph, and Edwin Booth. John Wilkes Booth is the only family member resting apart from the family in the other corner of the plot. (Karl Merton Ferron/staff)

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