Commemorating Lincoln's Second Inaugural - 150th Anniversary

[Thomas Kearney]

Thanks Thomas. How neat that you were there. Maybe I saw you and didn't know it!
I watched it on http://www.c-span.org/video/?323898-1/pr...nniversary

Laurie, there didn't seem to be as much of a crowd as I would expect. Maybe it was the cold weather. What do you think Thomas?

I thought Michael Krebs gave a great performance.

I think maybe the cold weather played a factor or there aren't enough people with the same interests. I was seated on the far right of the front row. I accidentally sat in a reserved seat. Whoops!

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It is great that it was commemorated. To me, it is Lincoln's greatest speech.

Me too, Bill!

[L Verge]

The cold may have had something to do with it, and I was happy to see some young people standing up somewhere. However, given both the ever-warming temperatures (I hope) and the public's love of murder mysteries, I suspect that the assassination events will draw bigger crowds.

April 14 is a Tuesday, and Surratt House is generally closed to the public on Tuesdays - unless we schedule in a special tour or a children's group. This year, however, I am keeping it open for tours in case we get some of the overflow from downtown.