The current reception area was once the bedchamber of the greatest American president, Abraham Lincoln. The White House employees passed on the story to each other that three days after the president's death, his faithful dog began to wag his tail and carried the master's cane towards the exit, but suddenly threw it, growled and bristled. The cushions on the couch were often folded in the shape of a cross by someone. I managed to see the president himself, sitting on the sofa and trying on old shoes. Just before the day of the murder, the national hero made an entry in his diary: “… I went to bed after midnight.
There was deathly silence, but suddenly I heard that children were crying somewhere. And then it felt like I got out of bed and went to the lower floor. Silence was again prevented by crying, but I did not see the one who was crying. I wandered from room to room. Where have all the employees gone? Suddenly I came across a hearse with a body resting on it. I couldn't make out the face. There was a guard of honor at the head. I asked the soldier a question: "Has someone died?" He told me: "President!" The answer rang out so clearly that I woke up from a dream. Since that time, a strange premonition continues to haunt me …"
The President had another premonition. In the afternoon, already on the eve of the crime, Lincoln told his bodyguard another dream - about the assassination attempt in the theater. And the bodyguard persistently begged him not to go to the theater. To his pleas, the president replied that he was no longer afraid of anything, and he should be present at the theater. For a long time, Lincoln was already "not afraid of anything." Even in a letter to a close friend, the future president says that in life his aspirations are ruled not by his own consciousness, but by an unknown force from above.
Before going to the theater, Lincoln spent a long time at the window, leaning against the wall, lost in thought. Then, instead of the usual "Goodbye", he firmly said "Goodbye." Thus, on the April evening, the president was mortally wounded by actor J. Boots.