The 14th of April, 1865, was a tragic day in the history of the United States. For on the evening of that day, President Abraham Lincoln went to Fordۥs Theatre in Washington to see a play, which was popular at the time – and never returned … The day had started for the President with the usual round of office duties. The city of Washington was still in a happy mood. The weather was fine, the sky was cloudless, a fresh spring wind was blowing about flags hoisted from many private a government buildings. The war had only ended a few days before, & the whole country continued to celebrate. The theatre party for that evening had felt very tired all day a looked upset. He finally decided to go, however, because it had been announced in the newspapers that the President would be present at Fordۥs Theatre. At about 10 oۥclock, an actor John Booth came into theatre a walked directly towards Lincolnۥs box. He opened the door a approaching the President so that his gun was only a short distance from his head, calmly took aim a fired. Найти сказуемые в past perfect