Assassination Trivia

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(08-10-2019 12:33 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Good job, Steve. Yes, it's Dr. Luke Blackburn. Dr. Blackburn, a Kentucky physician who was devoted to the Confederacy, planned to distribute clothing which had been exposed to yellow fever victims. He erroneously thought that yellow fever could be spread in this manner. He even planned to send "contaminated" dress shirts to the White House. Dr. Greene has authored a book on the topic, and we have a thread on the forum here.

Dr. Luke P. Blackburn

Just want you to know that I behaved myself! When I first read the question, I knew immediately who it was because Leon's great book is sitting right by my elbow on my desk at work.

BTW: Leon will be one of the speakers at the Surratt Conference in April of 2020. We have everything lined up (speakers, trips, etc.), but Ford's Theatre is holding me up on the after-dinner program on Saturday night.

I just have to say that the NPS Rangers who work directly at the theater, giving tours and dealing with the public everyday, are usually very good to work with. Some of the administrators at the division office on Ohio Drive and those that work directly for the Ford's Theatre Society, however, can be slower than Vermont molasses running up hill in January when it comes to helping.