Flag U.S. Treasury Guards Flag Dramatically associated with the close the war, this flag decorated the front of the Presidential box at Ford Theater, in Washington, D.C. on the night of April 14th, 1865. Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, caught his spur and tore this flag as he jumped from the Presidential Box to the stage below. Silk 71 1/2 inches by 77 1/2 inches Ford's Theatre National Historic Site FOTH 22