Nkhani ya chimodzi mwa zochitika zakuda kwambiri m'mbiri ya America tsopano ikudziwika ngati njira yatsopano ya mbiri yakale imakumbukira zochitika zazikulu zomwe zinachitika pambuyo pa John Wilkes Booth kupha Purezidenti Abraham Lincoln pa April 14, 1865.
Boma la Maryland likugwirizana ndi mabungwe ena othandizira zokopa alendo ndikukweza ulendo wa makilomita 90 oyendetsa galimoto yomwe imatenga oyendetsa njira yomwe Booth adatenga pamene adayesa kuthawa atapha Purezidenti Lincoln.
Njirayo ikuyamba ku Washington's Ford Theatre, kumene kuphedwa kumeneku, njoka kudutsa kumidzi ya ku Maryland ndikupita ku Virginia komwe kuli malo omwe nkhokwe inaimirira komwe Booth anamaliza kupha.
Njira ya Booth ndi gawo lalikulu la Maryland Civil War Trail guide. Njira ya Booth ikuphatikizapo maimidwe 15, omwe ali ndi chizindikiro cha zomwe zili pa webusaitiyi pamene Booth anayesera kuti apite kumwera kwa anthu omwe angamugwire ndi kumutsogolera. Malo ambiri omwe ali nawo akadali ndi zida ndi zowonetserako zomwe zimapezeka kuti ziwonedwe poyera.
Kuima koyambirira kwa msewu ndi Theatre yotchuka ya Ford, yomwe ili kumzinda wa Washington, DC. Masiku ano, masewerowa adakalibebe ku Theatre ya Ford yomwe imalongosola nkhani ya zomwe zinachitika tsiku loopsya mu 1865. Alendo angayang'anenso bokosi lomwe Lincoln adakhala pamene anaphedwa; mbendera yaikulu ya ku America ikuimira bokosi lake.
Masewera a Ford akuyendera akukudziwitsani bwino zonse zomwe mwakhala mukuwerenga kapena kumva za kupha - komwe Lincoln ankakhala, momwe Booth angalowerere kumbuyo kwa bokosi losadziwika; ndipo potsiriza, momwe Booth angadumphire kuchoka mu bokosi ndikupita ku siteji kuti ayambe kuthawa.
Ngati muwona masewero kuwonetsero, pitani msanga, ngakhale kuti malo okonzera masewero 1700, nthawi zina machitidwe amatha kugulitsa.
Pansi pa malo owonetserako masewero, palinso nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale zomwe zimayenera kuyendera. Zida zenizeni zochokera ku Booth, chovala chovala cha Lincoln ndi zina zambiri zimapezeka.
Mwapang'onopang'ono kudutsa msewu kuchokera ku Theatre ya Ford, ndipo kachiwiri kaima pamsewu, ndi Peterson Boarding House , komwe Lincoln anamwalira ataphulumulidwa. Ikutsegulidwa kwa anthu onse.
Kuyambira pamenepo, ili ku Maryland, ndi Surratt House & Museum. Malo odyera a Mary E. Surratt ndi nyumba kumene adakonza zoti aphedwe Lincoln ndipo komwe Booth anaima poyamba atapha Lincoln. Surratt anakhala mzimayi woyamba kuphedwa ndi boma la boma kuti adziphe.
Pambuyo pake ndi Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum, kumene Booth anadula mwendo wake wopitilira ndi Dr. Mudd. Booth anavulaza mwendo wake pamene adanyamuka kuchoka ku bokosi la Lincoln ku Theatre ya Ford kupita ku siteji yomweyo atangomwalira. Mudd, amene adakumanapo ndi Booth, adakali pa mlandu wake kuti sakudziwa kuti akugwira ntchito pa bwalo la Booth pamene alendo awiri sanafike kunyumba ya Mudd madzulo akufuna thandizo lachipatala patatha masiku angapo Lincoln akupha.
(Malingana ndi Mudd, Booth anali atavala zobisika pamene adayendera Mudd) Pamene Surratt analipira kuti amuthandize Booth ndi moyo wake, Mudd anathawa chilango cha imfa ndipo m'malo mwake adalandira chilango chautali chifukwa cha thandizo lake ku Booth.
Pa malo okongola kudera lamapiri la Maryland, Mudd House ili ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale komanso malo ogulitsa mphatso. Nyumbayi imaphatikizapo zipangizo zambiri zoyambirira kuchokera kwa Dr. Mudd, zina mwa zinthu zake zomwe Dr Mudd anapanga pamene adatumikira kundende.
Kumapeto kwa njirayi kuli Garrett's Farm, yomwe ili ku Virginia. Tsambali limasankhidwa ndi chizindikiro cha pamsewu. Booth anawombera ndikutengedwa kuchoka ku nkhokwe yoyaka moto pa famu ndipo anamwalira posakhalitsa pambuyo pake. Nkhokwe idapita kale kotero zonse zomwe zili pamtengowu ndi chizindikiro cha pamsewu.
Zina zaima pa Trail zikuphatikizapo Port Royal, Star Hotel ndi zina.
Kuti mumve zambiri zokhudza John Wilkes Booth Trail pitani ku www.visitmaryland.org