Drawing of Booth Body

[L Verge]

John - Out of the 140 attendees at the conference, only about a quarter of them are members of this forum. I suspect that you will have a captive audience for your talk -- and you are our lead-off speaker, so I expect you to set high standards for those who follow. The Q&A session should be very interesting... After all, the purpose of our conferences and the devotees of the Lincoln assassination studies is to educate people to the ups, downs, riddles, and controversies related to the event.

Without good debates, the field would be less interesting. I was so happy when I joined the volunteers at Surratt House back in 1975, and found that there were other people that I could discuss (and argue) things with. For about twenty years, I had lived with the impression that I was the only nut in the world addicted to the story! Even my college professors were not well-versed on the subject. Meeting people like Hall, Brennan, Keesler, Ownsbey, Hanchett, Steers, Turner, and others who could hit me with facts to prove their points was a wonderful awakening for me.