"Stump the Yankee"

[Jim Garrett]

Hi Team: I just got back home from a week in Jacksonville. Rich alerted me to this post. Ruth Hatch's intention was to just drop off the boots. She took them to the museum at Fords and if my memory is correct, had them in a paper sack. She essentially said, here's Lincolns boots and was going to leave. The NPS asked her to stay and they set up the donation/return as a photo op. I think the picture of Ruth returning the boots was taken at the Lincoln Memorial. Ruth lived in Hamilton Mass, where my wife is from. Do the Southerners get any add'l credit for color commentary? I couldn't respond sooner, I've been in an airport all afternoon.