Surratt Conference Update

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Wish you were here also, Dave. You would enjoy meeting all the people so interested in our subjects. We had a very good bus tour today to see the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, great lunch at the Blair Mansion Inn (once the home of the prestigious Blair family - friends of Lincoln), and a trek through the National Museum of Health and Medicine, home to Lincoln relics, Booth relics, and a great display related to Civil War medicine.

Beginning at 5 pm, we had a full crowd at our opening reception at the museum's James O. Hall Research Center' meeting area. The weather behaved so that some of the visitors could spread out into our picnic area.

Now heading to bed so that I can arrive at the conference center by 7 am to get everything laid out and enjoy a full day of six learning sessions, three great meals, and would should prove to be a great presentation by Erik Jendresen on what it took to produce the recent docu-drama on Killing Lincoln.

On Sunday, we have a busload heading over the Booth escape route. Then it's time to start planning for next year's conference -- our 15th annual one.

All but one of this year's speakers is a member of this forum: Betty Ownsbey, Tom Bogar, Dave Taylor, Blaine Houmes, Wes Harris, and Erik Jendresen. Who wants to join us next year.