Assassination Trivia

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(06-28-2019 10:05 AM)Steve Wrote:  Here's a link to a preview of Reignette's book:

https://books.google.com/books?id=IBKSDw...&q&f=false

Reignette - I love the quote from Maya Angelou that you began your preface with: There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. I passed it on to my fellow museum directors at work because I consider it a mission of those who deal with public history to find these stories and pass them on (citing facts or defining as legend).

Many times, these side stories are much more interesting than the dry history of textbooks and professional historians. In fact, the theme of the Surratt Conference in April 2020 is Lincoln Assassination Stories: Bits & Pieces That Add to the Full Story. We will be featuring talks on Gen. Lew Wallace of the military tribunal, Fort Jefferson and Dr. Mudd's "visit," Dr. Luke Blackburn's nasty plot, fighting the exhumation cases in the 1990s, post-assassination Ford's Theatre, and the real Lucy Hale.