Grant Hall is located on the McNair campus of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. The courtroom on the third floor is where the military tribunal for the Lincoln assassination co-conspirators was held.
Grant Hall quarterly open house on Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. The courtroom is the site of the military tribunal, held from May through June 1865, of those thought responsible for the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
Ed Isaacs has a special connection to the courtroom in Grant Hall on Fort McNair in Washington D.C. and the proceedings of the military tribunal held there in 1865 to try those who conspired to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. This year he returned to the place where his grandfather stood guard over prisoners in 1865. In yet another twist of fate – just as the courtroom was restored after having not existed for over one-hundred and...
