Surratt Courier

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(01-03-2015 05:55 PM)HerbS Wrote:  I still have NOT gotten my Courier this Fall or Winter!-Herb Swingle.I hope it is a basic snafu!

Herb, I changed your address to the new one a long time ago. Send me an email at work laurie.verge@pgparks.com, and we will get you caught up and work out any snafus that might have occurred. Nothing has been sent back to us.

Did you renew your dues? We sent reminders out in November to those who had not and are up-to-date on catching those that came in after November 15.

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(01-03-2015 05:14 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Kudos to Bill Binzel for the article he edited in the current (January 2015) Surratt Courier. The article is entitled A Trip with Lincoln, Chase, and Stanton by Egbert L. Viele. I won't give away too much away, but I was overjoyed to read that in May 1862 Abraham Lincoln had performed the same feat with an ax that he performed at City Point on April 8, 1865. At City Point Lincoln picked up an ax by the butt and held his arm straight out with the handle parallel to the ground. He held the 7-pound tool motionless for several minutes. I have always believed in that story, and I once email-argued with an author (not a forum member) over its veracity. I wish I had known (at that time) about Lincoln doing the same thing in 1862 to the sheer amazement of all the sailors who watched him do it.

Thanks, Bill, for your work on this article. I loved it.

I loved that article also, and as soon as I read it, I thought of you, Roger, because it gave a second affirmation to the ax story. And, one that was totally separate and a different time from the one usually cited. I also thought this article was another one of those that put some life and blood into Lincoln and the men around him.