Remembering History: Grave Marker- John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA The body was buried in a storage room at the Old Penitentiary, later moved to a warehouse at the Washington Arsenal on Oct. 1, 1867. In 1869, the remains were again identified before being released to the Booth family, where they were buried in the family plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, after a burial ceremony.

Grave Marker- John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA The body was buried in a storage room at the Old Penitentiary, later moved to a warehouse at the Washington Arsenal on Oct. 1, 1867. In 1869, the remains were again identified before being released to the Booth family, where they were buried in the family plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, after a burial ceremony.

Grave Marker- John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA The body was buried in a storage room at the Old Penitentiary, later moved to a warehouse at the Washington Arsenal on Oct. 1, 1867. In 1869, the remains were again identified before being released to the Booth family, where they were buried in the family plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, after a burial ceremony.