Ford’s Theatre on schedule to reopen in 2009

[img_assist|nid=6852|title=Click on photo to enlarge or download|desc=Ford’s Theatre was closed for renovation in August 2007. It will reopen on the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth on Feb. 12, 2009. SHFWire photo by Enea Zhonga|link=popup|align=right|width=640|height=480]WASHINGTON - After Ford's Theatre closed in 2007 for renovations, Director Paul Tetrault said he didn't think it would be a big project. Since then, costs have grown with ideas for the place where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 143 years ago.