ms. laura kane and she noticed him sneaking by, she stopped the play, she instructed the orchestra to play "hail to the chief." everyone in this country up to 2500 people all stood up and gave the president a standing ovation. people were cheering. they were very, very excited and happy to see their president who had just helped them win this big victory in the civil war. and then you would finally go in and sit down and enjoy the rest of the play until of course the tragic moment that he was shot, about two hours after he came in. all the clothing items went with lincoln to the peterson house where he was brought to live out his final hours. and after lincoln was taken from the house, his body was removed back to the white house. those items stayed there, but then they were returned to mrs. lincoln. mrs. lincoln is then the one who gave that great coat to alfonso dun who was a favorite door keeper, a kind of usher. he's the one who kept it for many years. he kept in his family for over two generations. he had many offers to have that coat bought from him. including a very generous offer f