What did the authorities do to Ford’s Theater? Why?

Ford's theatre was turned into an office building by the War Department.

It was done because the authorities neither wanted the theatre to be operational in respect of Lincoln's assassination nor wanted to memorialize it, so they turned it into an office building.

Explanation:

Ford's Theatre is a site of the President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. On 14th April 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States was shot dead straight in the head by John Wilkes Booth. Since the assassination of the President, the cite was offered to the War Department by the owner John T. Ford.

The authorities then turned the building into an office building. The authorities and the public did not want the threater to be operational after the fateful event of the President Lincoln's assassination. Neither did they want to memorialize it, so they turned the building into an office building.

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1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

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"hidesato showed not the least sign of fear. he tried to calm the dragon king: don't be afraid. i shall surely kill the centipede."

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