Oddities of the Lincoln assassination

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In the early years of the Surratt Society, we were asked to give a presentation on Mary Surratt and the Lincoln assassination at a senior care facility in an exclusive section of Washington, D.C. We were told ahead of time that Robert Beckwith was one of the residents. In those days, Joan Chaconas and I were volunteers and the only ones well-versed enough in the history to take on such an assignment.

I think she may have drugged me, but the next thing I know, Joan was giving the presentation. About twenty minutes before the program was scheduled to begin, I got a phone call from Joan wanting to know where the cord was to the projector (it stored its own!). It went downhill from that point on because Mr. Beckwith decided to go for a walk that afternoon and was a no-show for the program.