The Surratt Courier

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Great news for all who have missed reading their issues of The Surratt Courier in 2020. As of this evening, the 2020 issues are available on the Surratt Society's website: http://www.surrattmuseum.org . In the past, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission printed and paid the postage to mail the Courier, but citing COVID, the Commission ceased publication after the March 2020 issue. At this point, it is uncertain when or if the Commission will resume publication. With annual dues of $10, printing and mailing is not a task the Surratt Society can afford. Consequently, the decision was made to post the Courier online and to initially make it available to all who visit the Society's website regardless of whether they are members of the Society. (Of course, if you find the Courier to be of interest, we hope that you will join and support the Surratt Society. At $10, it is a pretty good deal.)

The April issue of the Courier is a fitting tribute to Laurie Verge. After that, given the time and effort that goes into an issue (a task previously done by Laurie), the decision was made to produce issues bimonthly. Louise Oertly, the president of the Surratt Society, has ably assumed the role of composing and editing the Courier.

It has taken us a while to get all of this assembled and posted, and we thank the Surratt Society members for their patience. But if you missed the Courier last year, I hope that you will find the back issues worth the wait.