Just Trivia

[L Verge]

(11-19-2019 09:11 PM)AussieMick Wrote:  Laurie, you may be thinking of Horatio Green Cooke?

https://www.historynet.com/lincolns-magician.htm

That is exactly the person I was thinking of, and I may have read about him in Waller's recent book on Lincoln's Spies - not in our Courier. Thank you, kind sir.

P.S. There was a wonderful short clip on the news here in D.C. last night about the wildfires in Australia and a brave young woman who went into the flames to rescue an injured koala. Bravo to people like that.

Personally, I think koalas are just as precious as pandas (and D.C. bid farewell to Bei Bei at the National Zoo yesterday when he departed for China and its breeding programs). Kinda sad after four years of watching him from birth to his final meal here.