Booth's crutch

[Jim Garrett]

(01-04-2014 09:43 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I believe that Miss Maude was the one who added the silver plate on the sliver of crutch. I can tell you that watching it being viewed by each and every participant in a Booth Tour that Miss Maude met, it was like watching the Holy Grail being viewed. In the early days of our tours, two very impressive things on the tour were seeing that crutch and meeting Louise Mudd Arehart, Dr. Sam's youngest grandchild. She was a pistol, but it was like shaking hands with a part of history.

I believe you are correct. The silver plate was added by Miss Maude. I love your description Laurie of shaking hands with history. Many of us have been fortunate enough to have known wonderful people just one step away from the Civil War era.