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(04-12-2015 06:21 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  I know the Surratt tavern has an exhibit up, but are they doing anything "extra" for April 14-15? A John Lloyd re-enactor staggering out of bed with a headache and a distinct sense of unease?

We decided nearly a year ago that there was no way that we could compete with the dramatics going on at Ford's Theatre those two days - and I say that respectfully. If we had the rich drove of actors and actresses that the Ford's Theatre Society can supply, we might have been tempted, however.

Believe it or not, we have repeated that scene of David Herold coming through the tavern door and telling John Lloyd to "...make haste and get those things" so many times for various film companies over the past 35 years that it's old-hand to us now! I have also repeated the history to so many news media this past week that it has been amazing. My staff members have been in on the action also. NBC News Channel 4 should feature Lindsey Horn this week, and Susan Proctor was interviewed by Baltimore's Public Radio.

However, we are not normally open for tours on Tuesdays (only school groups). This Tuesday, April 14, will be an exception. Lindsey and Rick Smith will be costumed and ready to go in case anyone stops in on their way downtown. Susan will miss out because she is doing an in-school program for 72 students on Tuesday and another in-school event on Wednesday for 35 students. She'll be back in another school on Friday, telling the story to 100 kids this time. Ya gotta love the spring when those teachers finally get to the Civil War!

BTW: If any of our local members want a lesson in automotive history, we will have an antique auto club doing a Booth Escape Route Tour in their neat old cars on Wednesday, April 22. We have planned for 52 cars and 105 people to begin arriving in waves from 8 am to 11 am that morning. Dave Taylor will have met with the group (that's coming from across the U.S.) on Sunday evening previous and given them a presentation on the assassination and Booth's escape.

We'll still have another 175 students to round out the month as well as two more Booth tours plus one with the Smithsonian. Who says we don't keep busy?