The historic home of Dr. Samuel Mudd celebrated the holidays in Victorian style last weekend with its 15th annual Victorian Christmas celebration. The event, held throughout Saturday and Sunday, saw ...

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For nearly 200 years the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House has set on the St. Catherine plantation, which spans nearly 200 acres in Charles County. The Waldorf site, which has been listed on the National ...

Just hours after John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln, the actor showed up at the doorstep of Dr. Samuel Mudd, seeking help for his broken leg. Soon after, Dr. Mudd was sentenced to life in jail.

On this day — April 14 — in 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot by actor John Wilkes Booth. Booth injured himself, requiring medical treatment, while a manhunt for him was underway.

Mudd Day marks the birthday of Dr. Samuel Mudd, a man who harbored John Wilkes Booth in his home after President Lincoln's assassination, and who was accused of being one of the conspirators of the ...

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On a quiet family farm deep in rural Maryland, an early-morning doctor's visit found its way into the history books. There, in the predawn hours of April 15, 1865, a stranger came knocking on the door ...

A small fire was set at the entrance to the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum in Waldorf on Feb. 17, causing slight soot damage to the doorway and concerning a caretaker of the historic site. Nothing ...

After shooting U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, during a production of "Our American Cousin," John Wilkes Booth lept from the president's balcony seats to the stage below and yelled ...

After shooting U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, during a production of "Our American Cousin," John Wilkes Booth lept from the president's balcony seats to the stage below and yelled ...